| Keywords |
Endothelial progenitor cells ; Flow mediated dilation ; Swimming ; Walking |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study is to effects of swimming exercise and walking exercise for 10 weeks in patients with a coronary-artery disease on their flow mediated dilation (FMD) and the expression level of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). A patient group of 18 subjects were recruited, a walking exercise was carried out (n =10), and a swimming exercise was carried out (n = 8). The two exercises are types of the same aerobic exercise preferred by a lot of patients, but there are very insufficient grounds for scientific studies of swimming exercise as compared to those of the walking exercise. For measurement, this study measured their body composition, FMD and EPCs. As a result of this study, it turned out that there were no statistically significant changes in the expression level of EPCs and FMD in the patients with a coronary-artery disease, who carried out the swimming exercise than in those who carried out the walking exercise, but there was an effect between the times after carrying out the two exercises. In this result, since the swimming exercise and the walking exercise are the same aerobic exercises, there were no statistically significant differences, but both exercises had positive effects, so the importance of the exercises was confirmed. |