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Effect of Isometric Resistance Training on Blood Pressure Values in a Group of Normotensive Participants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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- Isometric handgrip training, but not a single session, reduces blood pressure in individuals with hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of human hypertension · 2023Pooled it
- The effectiveness and safety of isometric resistance training for adults with high blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2021Pooled it
- The Effects of Resistance Training on Blood Pressure in Preadolescents and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Efficacy and Cost-Effective Treatment of Isometric Resistance Training for Blood Pressure Control: A Narrative Review in Healthy Individuals and People with Cardiovascular Diseases.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Effect of relative handgrip strength and back muscle strength on the incidence of hypertension: 18-year follow-up in a population-based cohort study.Journal of human hypertension · 2026Article
- Defining Optimal Nutrition Behaviors to Determine Benefit-Cost Ratio of Federal Nutrition Education Programs.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Post-Exercise Hypotension Induced by a Short Isometric Exercise Session Versus Combined Exercise in Hypertensive Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease: A Pilot Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Trends and Scientific Production on Isometric Training: A Bibliometric Analysis.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effect of isometric resistance exercise on blood pressure in normotensive adults: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.Annals of translational medicine · 2025Review
- Isometric Exercise Training and Arterial Hypertension: An Updated Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Resistance Exercise Training in Individuals With and Without Cardiovascular Disease: 2023 Update: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2024Review
- Developing lifestyle intervention program for pre-hypertensive patients; consensus building using a modified Delphi approach.PloS one · 2024Article
- An evidence-based guide to the efficacy and safety of isometric resistance training in hypertension and clinical implications.Clinical hypertension · 2023Review
- Physical Activity and Hypertension.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Isometric handgrip exercise impacts only on very short-term blood pressure variability, but not on short-term blood pressure variability in hypertensive individuals: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- The Role of Exercise in Patients with Obesity and Hypertension.Current hypertension reports · 2020Review
- Medical recommendations for home-confined footballers' training during the COVID-19 pandemic: from evidence to practical application.Biology of sport · 2020Review
- Athletes' Psychological Adaptation to Confinement Due to COVID-19: A Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
contextCardiovascular diseases cause 17 million deaths annually worldwide, of which hypertension is responsible for 9.4 million and a 7% burden of disease. High blood pressure is responsible for 45% of deaths from heart disease and 51% of deaths from stroke.
objectiveThe aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to quantify the effect of isometric resistance training on systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial blood pressure (SBP, DBP, and MAP, respectively) values in normotensive adult participants. DATA SOURCES: This study was registered with the PROSPERO database. Eligible studies were identified after performing a systematic search within the following databases: PubMed, Scielo, BioMed Central, Clinical Trials, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and EBSCO. STUDY SELECTION: Randomized controlled trials that categorized participants as normotensive according to the guidelines of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology were included. STUDY
designSystematic review with meta-analysis. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 1. DATA EXTRACTION: Data related to participant characteristics, exercise programs, level of evidence, risk of bias, Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template, and outcomes of interest were systematically reviewed independently by 2 authors.
resultsA total of 6 randomized controlled trials were included. The following reductions in blood pressure (compared with the control group) were generated by isometric resistance training: SBP (mean difference [MD], -2.83 mm Hg; 95% CI, -3.95 to -1.72;
conclusionIt appears that isometric resistance training reduces SBP, DBP, and MAP in normotensive young adults in a statistically significant and clinically relevant manner. This type of exercise could be considered effective in preventing arterial hypertension.
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