| Summary: | People are becoming increasingly sedentary leading to a rise in clinical conditions such as
hypertension or high blood pressure that has major impact on public health concern and social care.
With higher blood pressure the heart has to pump harder and the arteries have to carry blood that is
flowing under greater pressure in which can lead to an increases risk of a heart attack,
heart failure,
stroke or kidney damages and disease.
Physical activity is considered to be an antihypertensive strategy
to prevent or control of high blood pressure in the form of
post exercise hypotension.
Post exercise
hypotension
emphasis to lifestyle modification rather than a sole reliance on pharmacological therapy.
It
has been
reported
for every 1
MET
increase in fitness level, mortality risk decreases by 11% in people
with
high blood pressure.
Subsequently researched indicated an optimal health benefit can be achieved
through
moderate dose of exercise intensity at 3–6 METs for all adult aged
18-65 year that seems to be a
well-designed strategy
to prevent cardiovascular problem such as high blood pressure. However,
there
are few national programmes to serve as models for prevention and control of hypertension and few
countries have embarked on national hypertension prevention and control programmes
on the exact
magnitude of moderate – intensity at 3–6 METs .The application of moderate intensity exercise based
on metabolic equivalent may lead to a new approach to tackle hypertension.
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