Key result
Exercise therapy, including endurance and resistance training, effectively lowers blood pressure and reduces the need for pharmacologic therapy in patients with hypertension.
Why the study?
Does exercise reduce blood pressure in patients with hypertension?
Population
Patients with hypertension
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports exercise as adjunct in hypertension; leaves open optimal regimens and hard-outcome trials.
Does exercise reduce blood pressure in patients with hypertension?
Exercise, particularly endurance training combined with resistance training, is an effective nonpharmacological strategy to reduce blood pressure and cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients.
Manfredini et al. (2008) conducted a review in Hypertension. Exercise therapy was evaluated on Blood pressure reduction. Exercise therapy, including endurance and resistance training, effectively lowers blood pressure and reduces the need for pharmacologic therapy in patients with hypertension.
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