Trial reportCardiovascular journal of Africa
Effect of short-term isometric handgrip training on blood pressure in middle-aged females.
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- Effects of isometric training based on the entire population on blood pressure regulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Cuffless Noninvasive Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Using Superficial Temporal Arterial Tonometry.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2026Article
- Clinical validation of a wearable ultrasound sensor of blood pressure.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Lifestyle interventions in later reproductive age women to offset cardiometabolic and bone disease: a scoping review.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Review
- The effect of physical activity intervention on blood pressure in 18 low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Clinical hypertension · 2024Article
- The Effect of Exercise on the Older Adult's Blood Pressure Suffering Hypertension: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Clinical Trial Studies.International journal of hypertension · 2020Article
- Effects of isometric resistance training on resting blood pressure: individual participant data meta-analysis.Journal of hypertension · 2019Review
- The influence of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) I/D gene polymorphism on cardiovascular and muscular adaptations following 8 weeks of isometric handgrip training (IHG) in untrained normotensive males.Biology of sport · 2019Article
- Effect of isometric handgrip exercise training on resting blood pressure in normal healthy adults.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the effect of isometric handgrip training on blood pressure (BP) in middle-aged women (47.88 ± 1.8 years).
methodsIsometric handgrip training was performed over five consecutive days. In each session, the treatment group (n = 9) performed four isometric contractions of 45 seconds each at 30% of their maximal grip strength. The control group (n = 9) sat for 15 minutes without exercising, for five consecutive days. Resting systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were measured pre- and post-intervention. Data were analysed using a two-factor ANOVA (p ≤ 0.05).
resultsBlood pressure readings were reduced in both groups (SBP: p = 0.036; DBP: p = 0.0079), however there was no interaction effect for SBP or DBP.
conclusionsThe findings suggest that 15 minutes of sitting per day for five consecutive days is just as effective as isometric handgrip training for reducing BP levels. Future research is required to investigate the optimal isometric handgrip training stimulus required to reduce resting BP levels.
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