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Effects of Low-Intensity Exercise Conditioning on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Autonomic Modulation of Heart Rate in Men and Women with Hypertension

Lien P.T. Hua, BA, BNSc, MSc

School of Nursing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

C. Ann Brown, PhD

School of Nursing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, ann.brown{at}queensu.ca

Sylvia J.M. Hains, PhD

School of Nursing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Marshall Godwin, MD, MSc

School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, School of Medicine, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada

Joel L. Parlow, MD, MSc

School of Medicine Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Untreated hypertension increases cardiovascular risk 2-fold to 3-fold, leading to serious cardiovascular problems that include left ventricular hypertrophy, stroke, ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, vascular disease, renal disease, and death. Exercise conditioning is recommended as one of the initial treatments for hypertension. The purpose of this pretest—posttest study was to quantify the effects of a 12-week home-based low-intensity exercise conditioning (walking) program in hypertensive men and women on systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and autonomic modulation of heart rate. A total of 20 mildly hypertensive men and women who were assigned to a structured exercise (walking) program were compared with a control group of 20 nonexercising mildly hypertensive participants. Electrocardiographic heart rate and R-R interval data and beat-by-beat arterial blood pressure data were collected continuously for 10 min with participants in the supine and standing postures and during low-intensity steady-state exercise. The results show that systolic and diastolic blood pressure and R-R interval decreased and spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity increased in the exercise group. The decline in blood pressure was significant statistically and clinically. The increase in spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity indicates that the ability of the cardiovascular system to respond rapidly to changing stimuli improved after the 12-week walking protocol. The low-intensity exercise conditioning program achieved a training effect in this population.

Key Words: hypertension • spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity • posture • exercise conditioning

This version was published on October 1, 2009

Biological Research For Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 2, 129-143 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1099800408324853
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