title: [Use of muscle relaxation in the primary prevention of ischemic heart disease].
abstract: Possibilities of using muscular relaxation as a general hygienic procedure that helps reducing the risk of coronary disease were examined in males and females from an open random population at preventive group sessions. Their ability to learn the techniques of muscular relaxation and the effects of relaxation on arterial pressure were assessed. A course of four group sessions completed by 23.23% of volunteers was sufficient for 86.36% of males and 91.49% of females to learn the command of muscular relaxation. Arterial pressure decreased significantly between the beginning of the first session and the last one (p less than 0.01), the lowered level persisting at the control session in three months' time (p less than 0.01). Muscular relaxation is expected to provide a useful element of preventive population programs aimed at reducing moderately elevated arterial pressure.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012064:Relaxation Therapy
vernacular_title: Primenenie myshechnoĭ relaksatsii v sisteme pervichnoĭ profilaktiki ishemicheskoĭ bolezni serdtsa.