Abstract

Yoga is known to reduce arterial stiffness; however, high-intensity resistance exercise is associated with increased arterial stiffness. Yoga comprises of various domains of practices such as physical postures, regulated breathing, meditation and several other related techniques. Arterial compliance (AC) describes the ability of an artery to distend in response to a change in intravascular pressure; and its impairment is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Thus, AC may be an important risk factor for CVD as well as an early marker to prevent subsequent cardiovascular events. AC can be measured by noninvasive methodologies such as pulse wave velocity (PWV), a technique that determines the change in artery diameter relative to distending pressure using ultrasound and applanation tonometry; and the assessment arterial pressure waveforms

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