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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Blood pressure reactivity"”.
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The effects of melatonin on vascular function, oxidative stress and blood pressure reactivity during a high sodium diet
… HSD can also cause exaggerated increases in blood pressure (BP) during different physiological perturbations (BP reactivity). Vascular dysfunction and increased BP reactivity are directly related to future atherosclerosis and hypertension (HTN) development, respectively, and thus, to CVD …
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A Comparison of Relaxation Techniques on Blood Pressure Reactivity and Recovery Assessing the Moderating Effect of Anger Coping Style
… and relaxation techniques on cardiovascular reactivity and recovery in blood pressure (BP). Eighty-nine students from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia participated. The participants were instructed to rest for ten minutes (baseline), complete a math task with harassment …
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The Association of Cognitive Function with Autonomic-Cardiovascular Reactivity to and Recovery From Stress
… function may affect autonomic-cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to psychologically stressful tasks as such reactions, over time, may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease.</p> <p>The current study analyzed data from 209 healthy middle-age adults. This included four …
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The effects of female gender role appraisal and body image threat on the stress responses of women: a validation of the feminine gender role stress scale
… likely to evidence behavioral and physiological reactivity to a "feminine" (body image) stressor than a neutral control condition. The FGRS scale was developed to measure the cognitive tendency among women to appraise specific situations as stressful due to commitments, beliefs, and values that …
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Cardiovascular reactivity to stress in men: effects of masculine gender role stress appraisal and masculine performance challenge
… research has shown that excessive cardiovascular reactivity may be important in the development of coronary heart disease. The present study examines the role of masculine cognitive appraisal of stress as a mediator of cardiovascular reactivity in men. The reactivity of men who differed on a …
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Cardiovascular Reactivity to and Recovery from Laboratory Tasks in Low and High Worry Women
… have been related to exaggerated cardiovascular reactivity and delayed recovery to laboratory stressors, and to increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Previous research on the anxiety-cardiovascular system relationship, including data from Knepp and Friedman (2008), are included to support …