Effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension: A mini review
Physical activity (PA) is associated with a clear decrease in blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular mortality in both men and women. The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of PA as an adjunct therapy in support of the prevention and pharmacological treatment of hypertension. Studi...
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| description | Physical activity (PA) is associated with a clear decrease in blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular mortality in both men and women. The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of PA as an adjunct therapy in support of the prevention and pharmacological treatment of hypertension. Studies that reported on the correlation of PA and exercise on BP control among hypertensive patients from 1994 to 2019 were evaluated. PubMed electronic database was utilized. The MeSH system was used to extract relevant research studies from PubMed using the following keywords: “Exercise,” “training,” “hypertension,” “blood pressure,” “systematic review,” and “meta-analysis,” All selected articles were published in English. Sedentariness negatively affects cardiometabolic health, body composition, and BP among hypertensive patients, whereas PA significantly improves cardiometabolic parameters and body composition and leads to an overall improvement in cardiac parasympathetic system by increasing vagal tone, causing a reduction in resting heart rate, and systolic BP in hypertensive adults. Exercise should be tailored according to patient's clinical and functional status to avoid imposing variable internal training load on the patients. Moderate intensity aerobic, isometric and dynamic resistance exercise training alone, or a combination was equally effective in lowering BP among hypertensive adults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83aabe404af0476f96224bef2ccbeea52022-12-22T03:40:59ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsCHRISMED Journal of Health and Research2348-33342348-506X2020-01-01711710.4103/cjhr.cjhr_99_19Effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension: A mini reviewChidiebere Emmanuel OkechukwuPhysical activity (PA) is associated with a clear decrease in blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular mortality in both men and women. The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of PA as an adjunct therapy in support of the prevention and pharmacological treatment of hypertension. Studies that reported on the correlation of PA and exercise on BP control among hypertensive patients from 1994 to 2019 were evaluated. PubMed electronic database was utilized. The MeSH system was used to extract relevant research studies from PubMed using the following keywords: “Exercise,” “training,” “hypertension,” “blood pressure,” “systematic review,” and “meta-analysis,” All selected articles were published in English. Sedentariness negatively affects cardiometabolic health, body composition, and BP among hypertensive patients, whereas PA significantly improves cardiometabolic parameters and body composition and leads to an overall improvement in cardiac parasympathetic system by increasing vagal tone, causing a reduction in resting heart rate, and systolic BP in hypertensive adults. Exercise should be tailored according to patient's clinical and functional status to avoid imposing variable internal training load on the patients. Moderate intensity aerobic, isometric and dynamic resistance exercise training alone, or a combination was equally effective in lowering BP among hypertensive adults.http://www.cjhr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-3334;year=2020;volume=7;issue=1;spage=1;epage=7;aulast=Okechukwucardiometabolic diseasesexercise traininghypertensionphysical activity |
| spellingShingle | Chidiebere Emmanuel Okechukwu Effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension: A mini review CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research cardiometabolic diseases exercise training hypertension physical activity |
| title | Effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension: A mini review |
| title_full | Effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension: A mini review |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension: A mini review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension: A mini review |
| title_short | Effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension: A mini review |
| title_sort | effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of hypertension a mini review |
| topic | cardiometabolic diseases exercise training hypertension physical activity |
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