Exercise Training for Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. e004473 - n/a
• Main Authors: Cornelissen, Veronique A., Smart, Neil A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2013
• Subjects: adults; Blood Pressure; Evidence-Based Medicine; exercise; Exercise Therapy; Female; Humans; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - physiopathology; Hypertension - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Original Research; Physical Endurance; Prehypertension - diagnosis; Prehypertension - physiopathology; Prehypertension - therapy; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Resistance Training; Time Factors; training; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 2047-9980; 2047-9980
• DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.112.004473

Background We conducted meta‐analyses examining the effects of endurance, dynamic resistance, combined endurance and resistance training, and isometric resistance training on resting blood pressure (BP) in adults. The aims were to quantify and compare BP changes for each training modality and identi...