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Effects of a single-session massage for sedentary older women with prehypertension: a pilot study

Author(s) -

Fátima Aparecida Caromano,

Felipe Monte,

Maria Helena Morgani de Almeida,

Jéssica Candido Jerônimo da Costa,

Priscila Santos Albuquerque,

Luiz Francisco Cachoni,

Jecilene Rosana Costa-Frutuoso,

Leonardo Penteado Nascimento,

Francis Meire Fávero,

Luíz Carlos de Abreu,

Mariana Callil Voos

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/1757

Subject(s) - medicine , prehypertension , blood pressure , massage , heart rate , physical therapy , sphygmomanometer , population , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology

Background: One of the consequences of population aging is the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, including hypertension. Massage has been recognized as effective in the prevention and mitigation of the disease. Objective: To identify the effects of a single-session massage on blood pressure and heart rate in older women with prehypertension. Methods: The intervention consisted of one 60-minute session of Swedish massage. Fifty-eigth sedentary older women with prehypertension were treated. Blood pressure and heart rate were collected immediately before and after the intervention.

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