Key result
A 10-week resistance training program elicited heterogeneous systolic blood pressure responses, with hypertensive responders achieving a -7.83 mmHg change compared to 3.78 mmHg in nonresponders.
Why the study?
Does a 10-week resistance training program improve resting systolic blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive elderly women?
Population
39 untrained elderly women (27 hypertensive and 12 normotensive)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 weeks
Authors
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Heterogeneous SBP responses to resistance training in elderly women warrant individualized approaches; leaves open predictors of response for prospective trials.
Cohort (n=39)
Does a 10-week resistance training program improve resting systolic blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive elderly women?
Systolic blood pressure shows a heterogeneous response to a 10-week resistance training program in elderly women, highlighting the need for individualized therapies for nonresponders.
Nascimento et al. (2018) conducted a cohort in Hypertension and Normotension (n=39). Whole-body resistance training (RT) program vs. Normotensive women was evaluated on Responsiveness of resting systolic blood pressure (SBP) based on percent decline. A 10-week resistance training program elicited heterogeneous systolic blood pressure responses, with hypertensive responders achieving a -7.83 mmHg change compared to 3.78 mmHg in nonresponders.
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