INTRODUCTION
Boutouyrie et al., Isometric exercise
ARTERIAL STIFFNESS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, EDWARDS
As a primary risk factor for hypertension, arterial stiffness is an independent marker of cardiovascular disease (Boutouyrie et al., Isometric exercise training (IET) is a highly effective and time‐efficient anti‐hypertensive intervention, with multiple meta‐analyses demonstrating statistically and clinically significant reductions in resting blood pressure (BP) (Edwards et al., The augmentation index (AIx), which is derived from pulse‐wave reflection, provides an independent index of systemic arterial stiffness (Fantin et al., 