Therapeutic Exercise and Hypertension

Osteoarthritis and therapeutic exercise.

[Hypertension and exercise].

Levels of physical activity in modern urbanized society are clearly insufficient to maintain good health, and to prevent cardiovascular and other disease. Aerobic exercise is almost completely free of secondary effects, and is a useful adjunctive therapy in treating hypertension. There are several possible mechanisms to account for the beneficial effects of exercise in reducing blood pressure, ...

HYPERTENSION and EXERCISE

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Exercise Hypertension

Irrespective of apparent 'normal' resting blood pressure (BP), some individuals may experience an excessive elevation in BP with exercise (i.e. systolic BP ≥210 mm Hg in men or ≥190 mm Hg in women or diastolic BP ≥110 mm Hg in men or women), a condition termed exercise hypertension or a 'hypertensive response to exercise' (HRE). An HRE is a relatively common condition that is identified during ...

Therapeutic alternatives in hypertension.

rfhe traditional therapeutic approach to essential diastolic hypertension consists of adjunctive measures (ie, dietary salt restriction, weight reduction, elimination of smoking and anxiety factors) plus antihypertensive drug regimens. Contrariwise, the management of secondary hypertension customarily centers on the direct approach to the underlying disorder, whenever possible (eg, renal revasc...