SynthesisJournal of human hypertension2018
The required step count for a reduction in blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Workplace pedometer interventions for increasing physical activity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Running to Lower Resting Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Use of activity trackers to improve blood pressure in young people at risk for cardiovascular disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Trial
- Physical Activity Counseling for Adults with Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Practical guidelines for exercise prescription in different clinical populations.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Physical activity and diet just-in-time adaptive intervention to reduce blood pressure: a randomized controlled trial.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Brisk Walking Exercise Has Benefits of Lowering Blood Pressure in Hypertension Sufferers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Review
- A Physical Activity and Diet Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure: The myBPmyLife Study Rationale and Design.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Step Count, Self-reported Physical Activity, and Predicted 5-Year Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: Cross-sectional Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Number of steps and systolic blood pressure: Do work and leisure matter?Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2021Article
- Association of Habitual Physical Activity With Home Blood Pressure in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study (eFHS): Cross-sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- World Heart Federation Roadmap for Hypertension - A 2021 Update.Global heart · 2021Review
- Pediatric Flatfeet-A Disease Entity That Demands Greater Attention and Treatment.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Relationship between objectively measured lifestyle factors and health factors in patients with knee osteoarthritis: The STROBE Study.Medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
The aim of the current study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between step count and changes in blood pressure (BP). Studies involving healthy adults and an intervention in the form of brisk walking with a pedometer were included. Net changes in BP and step count in each trial were calculated and pooled. In addition, the pooled net changes of two categories (trials that achieved walking 10,000 steps a day and those that did not) were compared. A meta-regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship between net changes in BP and step count. Fourteen trials were analyzed. Pooled net changes in BP improved significantly (systolic BP, -3.1 mm Hg; diastolic BP, -1.6 mm Hg). When the trials were categorized depending on whether they achieved walking 10,000 steps a day, the pooled net change in systolic BP and diastolic BP did not differ significantly between both groups of subjects. The meta-regression analyses indicated that net change in systolic BP was significantly associated with an increased step count (e.g., systolic BP is expected to decrease approximately 4 mm Hg if increased step count by 2000 steps a day). However, net change in systolic BP was not associated with the step count in an intervention group following the intervention. At present, there is presumably no evidence that walking 10,000 steps a day lowers the BP to any marked degree. In order to reduce systolic BP by walking with a pedometer, one should be mindful of increasing one's step count.
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