Doing Regular Exercise at Different Intensities Favours Control of Blood Pressure

(HealthCanal.com) – A research team from the Faculty of Physical Activity Sciences and Sports at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has published the results of research undertaken in 2010 which highlights the importance of doing physical exercise at different intensities as a way of controlling blood pressure.

Thus, amongst different groups analyzed for the research over a period of eight weeks, the group subjected to supervised physical exercise at different intensities was that which achieved greater benefits for levels of blood pressure and physiological parameters.

The research, led by Dr Sara Maldonado-Martín of the Physical Education and Sports Department at the UPV/EHU, aims to provide continuity to that first research work by means of new investigations every year which are designed to more precisely identify the benefits of exercise for high blood pressure patients. Thus, for the new round of research prepared for this year, an increase from eight to sixteen weeks in the period of monitored training is anticipated.

With this widening of the research, the aim is to find out what influence greater periods of research have on the results; and, moreover, to ascertain if it is sufficient with less volume of training and obtain similar improvements. For this final aim, it is expected to include a new study group that will alternate moderate and intense sessions of exercise, but with sessions having less duration than the rest of the groups.

In this way, the study will randomly distribute the participants thereof in four groups:

1. A non-supervised group with general recommendations for healthy lifestyle.

2. A supervised group of programmed continuous physical exercise of moderate intensity.

3. A supervised group of physical exercise programmed with different intensities (intervaled), alternating moderate and intense sessions and with a volume of minutes less than the continuous group.

4. A supervised group of physical exercise programmed with different intensities (intervaled), alternating moderate and intense sessions and with the same volume of minutes than the continuous group.

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