Key result
Resistance and endurance exercise training for 8 weeks reduced resting SBP by 9.6±3.6 and 11.9±3.4 mm Hg, respectively, and significantly decreased peripheral arterial stiffness (P<0.05).
Why the study?
Does resistance or endurance exercise training reduce peripheral arterial stiffness and blood pressure in young unmedicated prehypertensive subjects?
Population
58 men and women aged 18-35 years, including 43 unmedicated prehypertensive subjects and 15 normotensive…
Comparison
Resistance exercise training or endurance… vs Prehypertensive time-control group and…
Design
RCT, Randomly assigned
Follow-up
8 weeks
Authors
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Supports exercise as initial therapy for prehypertension; extends RCT evidence on BP and stiffness reductions to young unmedicated adults.
RCT (n=58)
Randomly assigned
Does resistance or endurance exercise training reduce peripheral arterial stiffness and blood pressure in young unmedicated prehypertensive subjects?
p-value: p=<0.05
Both resistance and endurance exercise training effectively reduce central and peripheral blood pressures, arterial stiffness, and myocardial oxygen demand in young prehypertensive individuals.
Beck et al. (2013) conducted an RCT in Prehypertension (n=58). Resistance exercise training or endurance exercise training vs. Time-control was evaluated on Resting systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, augmentation index, and pulse wave velocity (p=<0.05). Resistance and endurance exercise training for 8 weeks reduced resting SBP by 9.6±3.6 and 11.9±3.4 mm Hg, respectively, and significantly decreased peripheral arterial stiffness (P<0.05).