School sport-aversive females exhibited significantly lower cardiovascular recovery, evidenced by higher recovery systolic blood pressure, pulse rate, and shock index, compared to their male counterparts.
Cross-Sectional (n=30)
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Does gender influence cardiovascular recovery following different walking paces in school sport-aversive students?
School sport-aversive females exhibit lower cardiovascular recovery, indicated by higher post-exercise blood pressure and pulse rate, following treadmill walking compared to their male counterparts.
p-value: p=<0.05
The importance of School sporting activities on psychomotor, cognitive and overall health of students has been documented. The aim of the study was to investigate the gender influence of walking pace on cardiovascular recovery in school sport aversive students. 30 students that consisted of 16 males and 14 females were recruited for the study using respondent driven sampling out of a pool of 50 students after satisfying the inclusion criteria. They were made to walk through the treadmill at 2.7km/h (low walking pace), 4.4 km/h (medium walking pace) and 5.5km/h (high walking pace) for 3 minutes. Blood pressure, pulse rate and SP02 were measured before, immediately after and 1 minute post recovery. High walking pace induced recovery systolic blood pressure was significantly elevated in females when compared to male. Recovery diastolic blood pressure, recovery mean arterial blood pressure (MABP), recovery pulse pressure and recovery pulse rate were higher at high walking pace in females than males. Under high, medium and low walking paces, shock index and pulse rate were elevated in females than males. In conclusion, school sport aversive females showed lower cardiovascular recovery than their male counterparts.
Adeniyi et al. (Sat,) conducted a cross-sectional in School sport-aversive students (n=30). Female gender vs. Male gender was evaluated on Cardiovascular recovery indices (systolic blood pressure, pulse rate, shock index) (p=<0.05). School sport-aversive females exhibited significantly lower cardiovascular recovery, evidenced by higher recovery systolic blood pressure, pulse rate, and shock index, compared to their male counterparts.