Haemodynamic responses during resistance exercise with blood flow restriction in hypertensive subjects

12 hypertensive women

Low-intensity resistance exercise (leg-press, 3 sets, 8 repetitions, 20% of 1 RM) with blood flow restriction (BFR) using two sphygmomanometers adjusted to fit both thighs

High-intensity resistance exercise (3 sets, 15 repetitions, 65% of 1 RM) without BFR, and low-intensity resistance exercise (3 sets, 15 repetitions, 20% of 1 RM) without BFR

Haemodynamic responses including systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO) and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) measured on a beat-to-beat continuous basissurrogate