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Purpose:
To investigate the effects of a 10-week water aerobic exercise on the resting blood pressure in patients with stage 1 or 2 hypertension referring to Tehran University Clinics.
Asian Journal of Sports Medicine
Sports Medicine Research Center, TUMS
e-ISSN 2008-7209
p-ISSN 2008-000X
The Effects of a 10-Week Water Aerobic Exercise on the Resting Blood Pressure in Patients with Essential Hypertension
Authors
Ali Vasheghani Farahani2, Mohammad-Ali Mansournia1,*, Hossein Asheri1, Akbar Fotouhi3, Masud Yunesian3, Mohsen Jamali1, Vahid Ziaee1
2Department of Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
1Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
3School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
*Corresponding Author: :: Sports Medicine Research Center, No 7, Al-e-Ahmad Highway, P.O. Box 14395-578, Tehran, IR Iran, [email protected]. Email: [email protected]
Published online:Aug 31, 2010
Article type:Research Article
Received:May 28, 2010
Accepted:Jul 22, 2010
How to Cite:Farahani AV, Mansournia M, Asheri H, Fotouhi A, Yunesian M, et al. The Effects of a 10-Week Water Aerobic Exercise on the Resting Blood Pressure in Patients with Essential Hypertension. Asian J Sports Med. 2010;1(3):50576. doi: https://doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.34854
Abstract
Methods:
Forty men with stage 1 or 2 essential hypertension were assigned to two groups of intervention [n = 12; aged 48.3310.74 years (meanSD)] and control [n = 28; aged 46.9611.58 years (meanSD)]. Subjects in the intervention group participated in a supervised 10-week water aerobic training program of 55 min sessions, 3 days per week on alternate days, while those in the control group were not involved in any regular training program during this period. Blood pressure of the participants was recorded and compared at the beginning and at the end of the study (48 hours after the last training session).
Results:
Exercise lowered systolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure by 11.71 (95% confidence interval: 5.07 to 18.35) and 5.90 (95% confidence interval: 1.17 to 10.63) mm Hg respectively. The lowering effect of exercise on diastolic blood pressure was neither statistically significant nor clinically important (0.55 mm Hg; P. value = 0.8). There was no significant effect of age, baseline body mass index and stage of hypertension on the exercise-induced changes in blood pressure.
Conclusion:
A 10-week course of water aerobic exercise markedly reduced the systolic and mean arterial blood pressure of patients with essential hypertension and is especially recommended for the obese and the elderly who have orthopedic problems or bronchospasm.
Copyright
© 2010, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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