COMPARISON OF THE EFFECT EXERECISE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTRIMITIES ON BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES IN MILD HYPERTENTION

Ghafari Nejad, F; Moslemi Haghighi, F; Bamaneshi, L; Abaspour, S; Yazdani, F

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Ghafari Nejad F, Moslemi Haghighi F, Bamaneshi L, Abaspour S, Yazdani F. COMPARISON OF THE EFFECT EXERECISE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTRIMITIES ON BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES IN MILD HYPERTENTION . RJMS 2002; 9 (30) :357-363
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COMPARISON OF THE EFFECT EXERECISE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTRIMITIES ON BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES IN MILD HYPERTENTION

F Ghafari Nejad

, F Moslemi Haghighi

, L Bamaneshi

, S Abaspour

, F Yazdani

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ABSTRACT Exercise is one of the way that is used easily to control of hypertention. This study is performed to compare the effects of isotontic exercise of upper and lower extrimities on blood pressure in the patients with mild hypertention. semiexperimental study was done on 30 women with mild hypertention. The patients were divided in two groups with 15 women and each group performed the upper and lower extrimties exercises during two sessions. The lower extrimity exercise was done by two groups(1,2) include maratone divice and upper extrimity exercise was performed by group(1) with 500 grs weight and groups (2) with stationary rowing. The time of each exercise was 21 minutes and blood pressure recorded before, during and after exercise. Statistical analysis of the data was done with t-student test and paired-t test. Result revealed that isotonic exercise of lower and upper extrimities during all the time of measurment decreased systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure and there was significant difference between before and after kinds of exercise. There was no significant difference after doing of upper and lower extrimites exercises. This research revealed that upper and lower extrimities exercises decrease the blood pressure as the same. So it’s suggested that the patients who can not do the lower extrimity exercise because of musculo-skeletal disorders, can do upper extrimity exercise to control their hypertention.

Keywords: 1) Hypertension 2) Exercise

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Physiotherapy