Why the study?
Does a resistance training program improve heart rate recovery in elderly hypertensive women?
Does a resistance training program improve heart rate recovery in elderly hypertensive women?
Resistance training may improve cardiorespiratory fitness, as indicated by enhanced heart rate recovery, in elderly hypertensive women.
Small study of HR recovery with resistance training in elderly female hypertensives is hypothesis-generating; larger trials needed before any practice implications.
Introduction: Heart rate recovery after exercise is a valuable variable, associated with prognosis and it has been used as an indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness, especially in patients with heart disease, as hypertensive patients. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the response of heart rate recovery in elderly hypertensive patients undergoing a resistance training program. Methods: Sample was composed for 10 elderly women with a mean age of 70.7 ± 7.4 years. Exercise test and six-minute walk test were developed and we checked heart rate recovery in the 1st and 2nd minute post tests, before and after resistance training. Results: There was an increase in mean heart rate recovery in the analyzed minutes in both tests, but only in the 1st minute after six minutes walk test we found a significant increase (p = 0.02). Conclusion: The results suggest the efficacy of resistance training to improve cardiorespiratory fitness of elderly hypertensive patients.
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