Takashi Yamagata
   Department   Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare  ,
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types 原著
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title High cardiovascular reactivity and muscle strength attenuate hypotensive effects of isometric handgrip training in young women: A randomized controlled trial.
Journal Formal name:Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993)
Abbreviation:Clin Exp Hypertens
ISSN code:15256006/10641963
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 42(7),pp.595-600
Author and coauthor Yamagata T., Sako T.
Authorship Lead author,Corresponding author
Publication date 2020/10
Summary OBJECTIVE:Isometric resistance training may reduce resting blood pressure (BP); however, the magnitude of this effect varies among individual subjects and few studies attempted to predict it. This study aimed to investigate the potential hypotensive effects of isometric training and their association with cardiovascular reactivity to acute isometric exercise and muscle strength in young women.METHODS:In this randomized trial, twenty young women were randomly assigned to either the training (n = 10) or control (n = 10) group. Women from the training group performed unilateral isometric handgrip sessions for 8 weeks (4 × 2 min at 25% of maximal voluntary contraction [MVC]; 3 days/week). Cardiovascular reactivity to acute isometric exercise and MVC were measured at baseline. Resting BP was assessed during and after the intervention.RESULTS:Resting systolic BP significantly lowered only in the training group. The change in resting systolic BP following an 8-week intervention was significantly associated with the systolic BP and diastolic BP reactivity to the acute exercise at baseline during set 3 and 4 (P <.05). The handgrip MVC was associated with changes in systolic BP (r = 0.79, P =.007), diastolic BP (r = 0.68, P =.032), and mean arterial pressure (r = 0.79, P =.006). These results indicated that high cardiovascular reactivity and strength attenuate the hypotensive effects following isometric training in young women.CONCLUSIONS:The hypotensive effects following isometric training may be identified by BP reactivity to acute isometric exercise or handgrip strength in young women.
DOI 10.1080/10641963.2020.1747482
PMID 32249609