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BRIEF MAXIMAL ISOMETRIC EXERCISE IN HYPERTENSION
Author(s) -
Kiveloff Broino,
Huber Olive
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb02221.x
Subject(s) - isometric exercise , medicine , blood pressure , diastole , cardiology , prehypertension , anesthesia
Abstract Brief, maximal isometric exercise of six seconds' duration, repeated three times daily for five to eight weeks may be associated with lowering of the blood pressure in hypertensive patients. In 8 subjects with hypertension there was a decrease of 16–42 mm Hg in systolic pressure and 2–24 mm in diastolic pressure. In 5 subjects receiving a constant dosage of hypotensive drugs, there was a decrease of 4–28 mm in systolic pressure and 2–14 mm in diastolic pressure. In 2 subjects previously treated with hypotensive drugs in whom isometric exercise was substituted for the drugs, normal blood pressure was maintained for eleven months.