Endurance exercise

Intervention3 papers7 findings

  • Human trial1
  • Humans1
  • Model organisms1

Outcomes

7

Aging-related phenotypic deterioration

upin flies1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Endurance exercise improves aging-related phenotypic deterioration in flies.

    Model organismsin muscle Tim gene knockdown and overexpression flies4-week

    Muscle-Specific Upregulation of Timeless Mediates Exercise-Induced Amelioration of Age-Related Circadian Rhythm Disruption and Cardiac Dysfunction in Drosophila · Aging cell · 1 Sep 2026

Pulsatility index

no changein humans1Low certainty

1 study
  1. Endurance exercise has no effect on pulsatility index in humans (β = 0.026).

    Humans≥ 3 years

    Intracranial Cerebrovascular Characteristics Associated With Long-Term Endurance Exercise and Age-Related Changes: A 4D Flow MRI Study · Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 30 Aug 2026

Pulsatility index →

Resistive index

upin humans1Low certainty

1 study
  1. Endurance exercise increases resistive index in humans (β = 0.054).

    Humans≥ 3 years

    Intracranial Cerebrovascular Characteristics Associated With Long-Term Endurance Exercise and Age-Related Changes: A 4D Flow MRI Study · Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 30 Aug 2026

Resistive index →

Luminal cross-sectional area

upin humans1Low certainty

1 study
  1. Endurance exercise increases luminal cross-sectional area in humans (β = 1.119 mm2).

    Humans≥ 3 years

    Intracranial Cerebrovascular Characteristics Associated With Long-Term Endurance Exercise and Age-Related Changes: A 4D Flow MRI Study · Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 30 Aug 2026

Luminal cross-sectional area →

Total cerebral blood flow

upin humans1Low certainty

1 study
  1. Endurance exercise increases total cerebral blood flow in humans (β = 52.929 mL/min).

    Humans≥ 3 years

    Intracranial Cerebrovascular Characteristics Associated With Long-Term Endurance Exercise and Age-Related Changes: A 4D Flow MRI Study · Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 30 Aug 2026

Total cerebral blood flow →

Flow-mediated dilation

no changein humans1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Endurance exercise has no effect on flow-mediated dilation in humans.

    Human trialin non-trained limbssupervised cyclingforearm12 monthsn = 7

    One Year of Endurance Exercise Training Does not Improve Vascular Function in Non-Trained Limbs in Healthy Individuals · Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 1 Aug 2026

Flow-mediated dilation →

VO2max

upin humans1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Endurance exercise improves VO2max in humans (baseline: 40.3 vs. 6 months: 50.8 mL·min−1·kg−1).

    Human trialpreviously untrained healthy young adultssupervised cycling6 monthsn = 7

    One Year of Endurance Exercise Training Does not Improve Vascular Function in Non-Trained Limbs in Healthy Individuals · Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 1 Aug 2026

VO2max →

Funding

National Institute on AgingUS$1.1m2 grants since 2018

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