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Effect of Aerobic Fitness on the Physiological Stress Response in Women

Heidi Summers, MN, RN

David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, CA.

M. Kathleen B. Lustyk, PhD

psychology, Seattle Pacific University, WA.

Margaret Heitkemper, PhD, RN

Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington School of Nursing

Monica E. Jarrett, PhD, RN

Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington School of Nursing.

Stress reactivity was assessed in aerobically fit (n = 14) and unfit (n = 8) females during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. Participants completed the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and provided a urine sample for catecholamine analysis before and after mental stress testing, Stroop Color-Word Test. Blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, and skin conductance were measured during mental stress testing. Fit and unfit participants differed significantly in baseline heart rate but not in stress reactivity or in state or trait anxiety. These data suggest that aerobic fitness does not attenuate the stress response in women prior to menopause.

Key Words: Aerobic fitness • exercise • stress • catecholamines • women or female

Biological Research For Nursing, Vol. 1, No. 1, 48-56 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/109980049900100107
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