Key result
High-intensity interval and continuous exercise elicited heterogeneous post-exercise hypotension, with minimal detectable changes of 5.8 and 7.0 mmHg for systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Why the study?
Does a single bout of high-intensity interval exercise compared to continuous exercise alter post-exercise hypotension in normotensive men?
Does a single bout of high-intensity interval exercise compared to continuous exercise alter post-exercise hypotension in normotensive men?
Post-exercise hypotension is a heterogeneous physiological phenomenon that exhibits both inter- and intra-individual variability and may be exercise-protocol dependent.
Recently, post-exercise blood pressure (BP) has been considered a predictive tool to identify individuals who are responsive or not to BP reductions with exercise training (i. e., "high" and "low responders"). This study aimed to analyze the inter- and intra-individual BP responsiveness following a single bout of high-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) and continuous exercise (CE) in normotensive men (n=14; 24.5±4.2 years). Mean change in BP during the 60 min period post-exercise was analyzed and minimal detectable change (MDC) was calculated to classify the subjects as "low" (no post-exercise hypotension [PEH]) and "high responders" (PEH occurrence) following each exercise protocol (inter-individual analysis). The MDC for systolic and diastolic BP was 5.8 and 7.0 mmHg. In addition, a difference equal/higher than MDC between the exercise protocols was used to define an occurrence of intra-individual variability in BP responsiveness. There were "low" and "high" PEH responders following both exercise protocols (inter-individual variability) as well as subjects who presented higher PEH following a specific exercise protocol (intra-individual variability between exercise protocols). These results were observed mainly for systolic BP. In summary, PEH is a heterogeneous physiological phenomenon and, for some subjects, seems to be exercise-protocol dependent. Further investigations are necessary to confirm our preliminary findings.
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Costa et al. (2016) studied Normotension (n=14). High-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) vs. Continuous exercise (CE) was evaluated on Mean change in blood pressure during the 60 min period post-exercise. High-intensity interval and continuous exercise elicited heterogeneous post-exercise hypotension, with minimal detectable changes of 5.8 and 7.0 mmHg for systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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