Effect of Exercise on Intraocular Pressure and Pulsatile Ocular Blood Flow in a Young Normal Population

Abstract

This study confirms the hypotensive effect of exercise on intraocular pressure and shows that exercise significantly increases pulsatile ocular blood flow.

The short-term influence of exercise on axial length and intraocular pressure

“…17,18 The reduction in OPA was found to be moderately associated with the changes in pulse rate after exercise, indicating that as the pulse rate increases, the OPA decreases. This implies that exercise induced increases in pulse rate are associated with a decrease in pulse volume (as the change in IOP with each pulse decreased as pulse rate increased), as has been previously documented.…”

“…[17][18][19][20] Lovasik et al 19 reported a significant increase of choroidal blood flow of 5-6% during a period of dynamic exercise. Although choroidal blood flow was not measured in this study, a small magnitude increase in this parameter would be expected to lead to expansion of the choroid, and an accompanying reduction in AXL.…”

“…13,15 Dynamic exercise has also been reported to lead to changes in ocular blood flow. Price et al 17 and Lovasik and Kergoat 18 reported increases in pulsatile ocular blood flow in subjects following a short period of dynamic exercise. Similarly, Lovasik et al 19 and Okuno et al 20 reported small increases in choroidal blood flow with dynamic exercise.…”

Associação entre dois diferentes tipos de estrangulamento com a variação da pressão intraocular em atletas de jiu-jitsu

“…Especificamente é importante ressaltar que esses indiví-duos praticam atividade física de alta intensidade regularmente, no mínimo a seis meses, assim sendo, de acordo com autores (11) é observado redução na PIO fora dos exercícios, tanto de indivíduos normais quanto de suspeitos de glaucoma, após 3 a 6 meses do início de um programa de exercícios aeróbios, com retorno aos níveis pré-exercício da PIO, 3 semanas após a interrupção dos exercícios, revelando também nesse aspecto um dos princípios do treinamento desportivo, conhecido como destreinamento.…”

The Effect of Dynamic and Isometric Exercise on Refractive State, Accommodation and Intra-Ocular Pressure

“…The effect of exercise on IOP has been well studied [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Although the majority of studies agree that dynamic exercise produces a decrease in IOP [8][9][10][11][12][13], no consensus was found for the effect of isometric exercise (i.e., static strength training where the joint angle and muscle length do not change during the contraction).…”