title: Post-resistance exercise hypotension in patients with intermittent claudication.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the acute effects of resistance exercise on post-exercise blood pressure in patients with intermittent claudication.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight patients randomly underwent two experimental sessions: a session of resistance exercise (R: 6 exercises, 3 sets of 12, 10 and 8 reps with a perceived exertion of 11 to 13 on the 15-grade Borg scale) and a control session (C: resting on exercise machines).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Before and for 60 min following an intervention, auscultatory blood pressure was measured while subjects rested in a sitting position. After the C session, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures did not change from the pre-intervention values, while these values decreased significantly after the R session throughout the entire recovery period (greatest decreases = -14 ± 5, -6 ± 5, and -9 ± 4 mmHg, respectively, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After a single bout of resistance exercise patients with intermittent claudication exhibited reduced systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures, suggesting that acute resistance exercise may decrease cardiovascular load in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Educação Física e Esporte, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. cforjaz@usp.br
authors.forename: Gabriel Grizzo
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Cucato
authors.forename: Raphael Mendes
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ritti-Dias
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wolosker
authors.forename: José Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santarem
authors.forename: Wilson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jacob Filho
authors.forename: Claudia Lúcia de Moraes
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Forjaz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055070:Resistance Training / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors