G. Kelley et P. Mcclellan, ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFECTS OF AEROBIC EXERCISE - A BRIEF METAANALYTIC REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS, American journal of hypertension, 7(2), 1994, pp. 115-119
The purpose of this study was to examine the antihypertensive effects
of lower extremity aerobic exercise on resting systolic and diastolic
blood pressure among hypertensive adults. Nine studies representing a
total of 245 subjects (147 exercise, 98 control) met the criteria for
inclusion. Using the meta-analytic technique, exercise-induced effect
size reductions significantly different from zero were found for both
resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure ((X) over bar +/- SD, sy
stolic: 0.63 +/- 0.66, 95% confidence interval, 0.12 to 1.14; diastoli
c: 0.35 +/- 0.19, 95% confidence interval, 0.19 to 0.49). Effect sizes
corresponded with decreases of approximately 7 +/- 5 and 6 +/- 2 mm H
g for resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively. Non
e of the changes were significant for the control groups. The results
of this study suggest that lower extremity aerobic exercise has an ant
ihypertensive effect on resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure
in adults. However, a need exists for more meticulously controlled inv
estigations on this topic.