Open AccessCardiovascular responses to an isometric handgrip exercise in females with prehypertension
Author(s) -
Ver Bond,
Bryan Curry,
Richard Adams,
Thomas O. Obisesan,
Sudhakar Pemminati,
Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla,
Kishan Kadur,
Richard M. Millis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.185032
Subject(s) - isometric exercise , medicine , prehypertension , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cardiology , blood pressure
Hypertensive individuals are known to exhibit greater increases in blood pressure during an isometric handgrip exercise (IHE) than their normotensive counterparts.