Why the study?
Does isometric exercise increase arterial pressure and heart rate in normotensive and hypertensive subjects?
Population
Normotensive individuals and patients with labile and fixed essential hypertension
Design
Review
Authors
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Reinforces physiologic caution with isometric exercise in hypertension; leaves open prospective outcome trials.
Does isometric exercise increase arterial pressure and heart rate in normotensive and hypertensive subjects?
Isometric exercise increases arterial pressure and heart rate, leading to the recommendation that hypertensive patients should avoid these activities to prevent cardiovascular complications.
Steven G. Chrysant (1978) studied this question.
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