title: Effect of 12 weeks of resistance exercise on post-exercise hypotension in stage 1 hypertensive individuals.
abstract: 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individuals (46 ± 8 years; 88 ± 16 kg; 30 ± 6% body fat; 150 ± 13/93 ± 5 mm Hg systolic/diastolic BP, SBP/DBP) were withdrawn from medication and performed 12 weeks of moderate-intensity resistance training.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.
authors: Department of Biophysics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Moraes
authors: R F P
authors: RF
authors: Bacurau
authors: H G
authors: HG
authors: Simões
authors: C S G
authors: CS
authors: Campbell
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Pudo
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Wasinski
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Pesquero
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Würtele
authors: R C
authors: RC
authors: Araujo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057774:Post-Exercise Hypotension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055070:Resistance Training; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents