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Effect of 12 weeks of resistance exercise on post-exercise hypotension in stage 1 hypertensive individuals

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 26, pages 533–539 (2012)Cite this article

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Post-exercise hypotension (PEH), the reduction of blood pressure (BP) after a single bout of exercise, is of great clinical relevance. As the magnitude of this phenomenon seems to be dependent on pre-exercise BP values and chronic exercise training in hypertensive individuals leads to BP reduction; PEH could be attenuated in this context. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate whether PEH remains constant after resistance exercise training. Fifteen hypertensive individuals (46±8 years; 88±16 kg; 30±6% body fat; 150±13/93±5 mm Hg systolic/diastolic BP, SBP/DBP) were withdrawn from medication and performed 12 weeks of moderate-intensity resistance training. Parameters of cardiovascular function were evaluated before and after the training period. Before the training program, hypertensive volunteers showed significant PEH. After an acute moderate-intensity resistance exercise session with three sets of 12 repetitions (60% of one repetition maximum) and a total of seven exercises, BP was reduced post-exercise (45–60 min) by an average of aproximately −22 mm Hg for SBP, −8 mm Hg for DBP and −13 mm Hg for mean arterial pressure (P<0.05). However, this acute hypotensive effect did not occur after the 12 weeks of training (P>0.05). In conclusion, our data demonstrate that PEH, following an acute exercise session, can indeed be attenuated after 12 weeks of training in hypertensive stage 1 patients not using antihypertensive medication.

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We thank cardiologists Dr Ricardo Harada and Dr Manoel Leitão Neto for assistance. We additionally acknowledge the Salvape and the Trainer Gym, Mogi das Cruzes. This study was supported by grants from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo-FAPESP (06/59081-6) and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Tecnologia-CNPq.

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  1. Department of Biophysics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    M R Moraes, F Wasinski, J B Pesquero, M Würtele & R C Araujo

  2. University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil

    M R Moraes & M A Pudo

  3. School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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  4. Catholic University of Brasília, Distrito Federal, DF, Brazil

    H G Simões & C S G Campbell

  5. Department of Science and Technology, Federal University of São Paulo, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    M Würtele

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Moraes, M., Bacurau, R., Simões, H. et al. Effect of 12 weeks of resistance exercise on post-exercise hypotension in stage 1 hypertensive individuals. J Hum Hypertens 26, 533–539 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2011.67

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