Downhill hiking improves low-grade inflammation, triglycerides, body weight and glucose tolerance

Abstract Exercise is a well-established tool for cardiovascular risk reduction. Particularly eccentric exercise, which essentially means walking downwards could favour more people becoming physically active. With the present controlled study, we tested the hypothesis that eccentric exercise can impr...

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Main Authors: Heinz Drexel, Arthur Mader, Christoph H. Saely, Gerda Tautermann, Jörn F. Dopheide, Alexander Vonbank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93879-1