Physical training and blood pressure

The effects of exercise training on blood pressure (BP) are reviewed. BP rises during exercise and lowers in the post-exercise period. Regular physical training result in a significant lowering of BP at rest as long as the training is continued. Moreover exercise training result in a BP lowering dur...

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Published inBulletin de l'Académie nationale de médecine Vol. 179; no. 7; p. 1471
Main Authors Bertrand, E, Frances, Y, Lafay, V
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Netherlands 01.10.1995
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Monitors
Clinical Trials as Topic
Exercise
Female
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension - physiopathology
Hypertension - prevention & control
Male
Middle Aged
Physical Education and Training
Physical Endurance
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Time Factors
Vascular Resistance
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Summary:The effects of exercise training on blood pressure (BP) are reviewed. BP rises during exercise and lowers in the post-exercise period. Regular physical training result in a significant lowering of BP at rest as long as the training is continued. Moreover exercise training result in a BP lowering during exercise which is greater in hypertensive patients than in normotensive subjects. A favourable effect is observed also on ambulatory blood pressure, but the night-time blood pressure is not lowered. The mechanisms of training-induced changes of BP are not sufficiently known. The exercise training seems act on systemic vascular resistance, plasma catecholamine, PGE2 and taurine levels, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. As adequate physical training can reduce BP, we can consider it is a non pharmacological treatment of hypertension: mainly for border lines, labile and mild hypertensives patients. For certain hypertensive patients, some sports can be permitted when no target organ is involved.
ISSN:0001-4079