Acute effect of interval step exercise versus continuous walk exercise on cardiovascular parameters in hypertensive postmenopausal women: A clinical, controlled, and randomized study

Acute effect of interval step exercise versus continuous walk exercise on cardiovascular parameters in hypertensive postmenopausal women: A clinical, controlled, and randomized study

Aiming the prevention and treatment of hypertension, regular physical exercise has become important to reduce blood pressure. The present experiment compared the effect of interval step exercise with continuous walking exercise on cardiovascular parameters of post-menopausal hypertensive women. The...

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Published in:Journal of bodywork and movement therapies Vol. 35; pp. 124 - 129
Main Authors: Rodrigues, Mateus de L., Carrijo, Victor Hugo V., Amaral, Ana Luiza, Cunha, Ana Clara R., Tavares, Julia B., Costa, Juliene G., Gonçalves, Ludimila F., de Souza, Tállita Cristina F., Mariano, Igor M., Puga, Guilherme M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01-07-2023
Subjects:
Blood Pressure - physiology
Exercise - physiology
Female
Heart Rate - physiology
High intensity interval training
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - therapy
Interval exercise
Menopause
Middle Aged
Postmenopause
Walking
Women
Hypertension
Women
High intensity interval training
Interval exercise
Menopause
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Summary:Aiming the prevention and treatment of hypertension, regular physical exercise has become important to reduce blood pressure. The present experiment compared the effect of interval step exercise with continuous walking exercise on cardiovascular parameters of post-menopausal hypertensive women. The volunteers were submitted to three experimental sessions: control (CO), interval exercise (IE) and continuous exercise (CE), in randomized order. The sessions lasted 120 min and during this period, resting blood pressure was evaluated after 10min of siting rest before exercise, and 30, 40 and 60min of siting rest position after exercise. Heart rate variability (HRV) were estimated at rest before exercise and 30min after exercise. Blood pressure reactivity (BPR) to the Stroop Color-Word test was measured at rest before exercise and 60min after exercise. Twelve women finished the study (59 ± 4 years and BMI of 29.78 ± 4.10 kg/m2). The One way ANOVA showed that systolic blood pressure (SBP) area under the curve over time were lower (p = 0.014) in both exercise sessions comparing with control session. The Generalized estimation equations (GEE) showed that SDNN and RMSSD indices of HRV decreases (p < 0.001) in both exercises session as well, comparing with CO. Maximal SBP during Stroop test were lower after both IE and CE exercises session comparing with CO session. We conclude that interval step exercise can reduce blood pressure responses and improve HRV acutely after its performance and these responses are similar to continuous walking exercise.
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ISSN:1360-8592
1532-9283
DOI:10.1016/j.jbmt.2023.04.058