Acute Effect on Arterial Stiffness after Performing Resistance Exercise by Using the Valsalva Manoeuvre during Exertion

Table 2

Change in cPWV before and after resistance exercise was performed using the Valsalva manoeuvre during exertion.

Time interval	Preexercise	Postexercise
	Baseline	0th min	15th min
cPWV (m/s)	4.67 ± 0.3	4.91 ± 0.52	4.66 ± 0.4

cPWV at three predefined time intervals when subjects performed resistance exercise by using Valsalva manoeuvre during exertion. One-way repeated-measure ANOVA with Fisher’s least significant difference post hoc test (with adjustment of age, body mass index, and systolic blood pressure) demonstrated that significant difference in cPWV exists between before exercise and at 0th min ( = 0.008) and between 0th min and 15th min after exercise ( = 0.010).