ArticleInternational journal of hypertension2020
The Effect of Exercise on the Older Adult's Blood Pressure Suffering Hypertension: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Clinical Trial Studies.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Aerobic physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and non-communicable diseases risk in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Cardiovascular effects of exercise training in spontaneously hypertensive rats: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Physiological reports · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of aerobic and resistance exercise on patients with hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis focusing on the sympathetic nervous system.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Exercise on Vascular Function and Blood Lipids in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Aerobic training conducted at different times of day in elderly patients with hypertension: a controlled trial.GeroScience · 2026Trial
- Yoga-based lifestyle intervention for healthy ageing in older adults: a two-armed, waitlist randomized controlled trial with multiple primary outcomes.GeroScience · 2024Trial
- Feasibility and Efficacy of Low-to-Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise Training in Reducing Resting Blood Pressure in Sedentary Older Saudis with Hypertension Living in Social Home Care: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Trial
- Consensus on the management of hypertension in individuals with diabetes by Asian-Pacific Society of hypertension (APSH) & Diabetes Asia Study Group (DASG).Journal of human hypertension · 2026Article
- Labour-type physical activity, metabolic dysregulation, and hypertension in rural older adults: rethinking work, exercise, and health in a cold-climate agricultural community.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Stepping Towards Health: A Cross-Sectional Study of Hypertension, Mobility, and Endurance Among Saudi Adults Aged 50 Years and Older.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Factors influencing physical activity for hypertension prevention among older adults in a peri-urban community in Ho, Ghana.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effects of aerobic dance on systolic blood pressure in stage one hypertensive adults in Uganda.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
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- Pleiotropic Associations with Alzheimer's Disease and Physical Activity: Sex Differences and the Effects of Environment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Managing Hypertension in Older Adults.Current hypertension reports · 2024Review
- Association between Physical Activity Habits with Cardiometabolic Variables, Body Composition, and Physical Performance in Chilean Older Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Aging, aerobic exercise, and cardiovascular health: Barriers, alternative strategies and future directions.Experimental gerontology · 2023Review
- Physical Activity and Hypertension.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Potential Physiological and Cellular Mechanisms of Exercise That Decrease the Risk of Severe Complications and Mortality Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Associations between PM2.5 exposure duration and physical activity intensity on the health of hypertension in urban residents of Beijing.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSenescence refers to spontaneous and progressive irreversible degenerative changes in which both the physical and psychological power diminish significantly. Hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Several studies have been conducted regarding the effect of exercise on reducing the blood pressure of the elderly, which have found contradictory results. One of the uses of meta-analysis study is responding to these assumptions and resolving the discrepancies. Accordingly, the aim of the present study is to determine the impact of exercise on the blood pressure of older adults.
methodIn this research, in order to find electronic published papers from 1992 to 2019, the papers published in both domestic and foreign databases including SID, MagIran, IranMedex, IranDox, Gogole Scholar, Cohrane, Embase, Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science (ISI) were used. Heterogeneity index between the studies was determined based on Cochran test Q(c) and
resultsIn this meta-analysis and systematic review, eventually 69 papers met the inclusion criteria. The total number of participants was 2272 in the pre- and postintervention groups when examining the systolic changes and 2252 subjects in the pre- and postintervention groups when inspecting the diastolic changes. The standardized mean difference in examining the systolic changes before the intervention was 137.1 ± 8.09 and 132.98 ± 0.96 after the intervention; when exploring the diastolic changes, the pre- and postintervention values were 80.3 ± 0.85 and 76.0 ± 6.56, respectively, where these differences were statistically significant (
conclusionThe results of this study indicated that exercise leads to significant reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Accordingly, regular exercise can be part of the treatment plan for hypertensive elderly.
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