Why the study?
Does slow breathing training reduce resting blood pressure and the pressor responses to exercise in hypertensive patients?
Population
30 subjects including 20 hypertensive patients and 10 untrained controls
Comparison
Slow breathing training for 8 weeks vs Untrained controls
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
8 weeks
Authors
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Supports autonomic effects of slow breathing in hypertension; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does slow breathing training reduce resting blood pressure and the pressor responses to exercise in hypertensive patients?
Slow breathing training for 8 weeks significantly reduces resting blood pressure and the pressor response to exercise in hypertensive patients, suggesting modification of central autonomic control.
Jones et al. (2015) studied this question.
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