Blood Pressure Control at Rest and during Exercise in Obese Children and Adults

Figure 1

During exercise, neural signals originating from higher cerebral regions (1) and peripheral afferents from arterial baroreceptors (2) and the skeletal muscle (“exercise pressor reflex”, 3 & 4) result in parasympathetic and sympathetic adjustments (5). Consequently, mean arterial pressure rises (6). HR: Heart Rate; SV: Stroke Volume; TPR: Total Peripheral Resistance.