2024
Blood pressure responses to handgrip exercise but not apnea or mental stress are enhanced in women with a recent history of preeclampsia
Berbrier D, Adler T, Leone C, Paidas M, Stachenfeld N, Usselman C. Blood pressure responses to handgrip exercise but not apnea or mental stress are enhanced in women with a recent history of preeclampsia. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2024, 327: h140-h154. PMID: 38700469, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00020.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMuscle sympathetic nerve activitySystolic blood pressureResponse to acute stimuliIsometric handgrip exercise protocolMental stressHandgrip exercise protocolCardiovascular diseaseExercise-induced increaseEffective prevention strategiesAcute stimuliExercise protocolHistory of preeclampsiaBlood pressureIntegrated muscle sympathetic nerve activityElevated long-term riskElevated cardiovascular riskLong-term riskEnd-expiratory apneaSympathetic nerve activityPrevention strategiesHandgrip exerciseBlood pressure responseRisk factorsExaggerated pressorHealthy pregnancy
2022
Sympathetic Responses to Isometric Handgrip Exercise in Women following Preeclamptic Pregnancies
Orr H, Adler T, Leone C, Paidas M, Stachenfeld N, Usselman C. Sympathetic Responses to Isometric Handgrip Exercise in Women following Preeclamptic Pregnancies. The FASEB Journal 2022, 36 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.s1.r4218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMuscle sympathetic nerve activityPost-exercise circulatory occlusionHand-grip exerciseElevated muscle sympathetic nerve activityHP womenMSNA responsesPreeclamptic pregnanciesBaseline muscle sympathetic nerve activityIsometric hand-grip exerciseSympathetic nerve activityIsometric handgrip exerciseTotal peripheral resistanceHG exerciseSympathetic dysregulationCardiovascular outcomesCirculatory occlusionHandgrip exerciseArterial pressureHealthy pregnancyNerve activityPE pregnanciesPeripheral resistanceGrip exercisePE womenCardiovascular disease