title: An assessment of a sequence of yoga exercises to patients with arterial hypertension.
abstract: This quasi-experimental study describes the effects of a yoga sequence following hemodynamic and biochemical parameters in patients with hypertension. Thirty-three volunteers participated in the study (control = 16 and yoga = 17) for four months. Blood pressure measurements, cardiac and respiratory rate were collected monthly, while the biochemical profile was taken at the beginning and end of the program. To analyze the data, Student's t test and repeated measures analyses were performed. The yoga group showed a significant reduction of systolic blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate (p < 0.05). As for the biochemical profile, the yoga group showed correlation coefficients between initial values and final responses greater than the control of fasting glucose, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides. The elaborated sequence practice promoted significant cardiovascular and metabolic benefits. The yoga exercises performed in the proposed sequence constitute complementary non-pharmacological control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Institute of Biosciences, Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Av. 24A, No. 1515, Bela Vista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. julio_mizuno@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Henrique Luiz
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Monteiro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D001938:Brazil; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015013:Yoga
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose