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RICYDE-REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE CIENCIAS DEL DEPORTE
Volume 17, Issue 66, Pages 306-320Publisher
RAMON CANTO ALCARAZ, URBANIZACION PUERTO & PLAYA
DOI: 10.5232/ricyde2021.06602
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Hypertension; physiological adaptation; aging; risk factors; elderly health
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The study found that implementing a moderate-intensity group exercise program can effectively lower systolic blood pressure and improve functional capacity in hypertensive post-menopausal women. After the EGMI program, significant improvements in SBP and estimated VO2peak were observed in the hypertensive women, while there were no significant changes in the control group.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a proposal of moderate-intensity group exercise (EGMI) program on blood pressure (BP) and functional capacity (VO2peak) in hypertensive post-menopausal women. Thirty female volunteers (63.36 +/- 1.06 y; 158.6 +/- 5.50 cm; 70.97 +/- 9.44 kg; 28.21 +/- 2.60 kg.m(-2)) were randomly assigned to an EGMI group (n=15) and a control (n=15, CG), which maintained its activities of daily life, for 12 weeks. Systolic (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and VO2peak, estimated using the six-minute walk test, were evaluated before and after the intervention. Significant change in SBP was found in the EGMI group (mean change [95% CI], p-value, Cohen's d; -9.2 [-3.95, -14.44] mmHg, p=0.002, d=-0.7), while no changes were found in CG. DBP was unchanged in the EGMI group but increased significantly in the CG (10.0 [3.72, 16.27] mmHg, p=0.004, d=1.1). A significant increase in estimated VO2peak was observed in EGMI (3.87 [2.91, 4.82] ml.kg-1.min(-1), p<0.001, d=1.2), with no difference in CG. There were significant differences between the groups in SBP and estimated VO2peak (p=0.05). Our proposal of EGMI reduces SBP and improves functional capacity in hypertensive post-menopausal women over 60 years old.
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