Why the study?
Does isometric handgrip training or aerobic exercise reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients?
Population
75 hypertensive patients
Comparison
Isometric handgrip training or Aerobic exercise… vs 'Sham-handgrip training' for 12 weeks
Design
RCT, randomized to one of the following 12-week programmes
Follow-up
12 weeks
Authors
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Aerobic exercise reduces 24-h and office SBP in hypertension; confirms aerobic benefit while showing no effect of isometric handgrip training.
Does isometric handgrip training or aerobic exercise reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients?
Aerobic exercise effectively reduces ambulatory and office blood pressure in hypertensive patients, whereas isometric handgrip training does not provide significant blood pressure-lowering benefits.
Pagonas et al. (2017) studied this question.
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