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Article Name :
Isometric Strength Training for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension: Myth or Reality?
Author Name :
NILMARA LAMIN LIMA, MARCO MACHADO
Publisher :
Bridge Center
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Abstract :
Hypertension is a worldwide prevalent disease, mostly manifested as it’s primary ethiology, characterized by a chronic, multifactorial, asymptomatic, and usually incurable state. It is well established that physical training represents an important therapeutic strategy in the prevention and complementation of hypertension treatment. To this end, it’s suggested that isometric training is capable of promoting greater reductions in blood pressure. Based on this evidence, the American Heart Association, recommended that isometric training, in particular handgrip exercise, be included as a nonpharmacological strategy for blood pressure reduction. Isometric exercise involves sustaining contraction against resistance without altering the length of the muscle. Recent studies confirm that isometric handgrip training is able to effectively reduce blood pressure with a large magnitude effect on systolic pressure, although more modest on diastolic and mean pressures. In conclusion, there is now sufficient evidence to indicate them as a coadjuvant in the treatment of hypertension. since, theoretically, there are also sufficient stimuli to promote morphological adaptations associated with angiogenesis and arteriogenesis.
Keywords :
Blood Pressure; Exercise; Non-pharmacological treatment
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