ACUTE EFFECT OF AN AEROBIC GYMNASTIC SESSION ON THE BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS AND ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX (ABI) IN PHYSICALLY ACTIVE HYPERTENSIVE WOMEN

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  • Reinaldo Roberto Correia LIMA Graduando, Estudante de Educação Física, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA (UFPB) – UFPB/PROBEX – Departamento de Educação Física – Laboratório de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (LABOCINE-UFPB)
  • Leonardo dos Santos OLIVEIRA Mestre, Professor, FACULDADES INTEGRADAS DE PATOS - Laboratório de Fisiologia e Desempenho Humano (LAFISD-FIP) e Laboratório de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (LABOCINE-UFPB)
  • Jeane Constantino PEREIRA Graduanda, Estudante de Fisioterapia, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA (UFPB) – CNPq/PIVIC – Departamento de Fisioterapia – Laboratório de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (LABOCINE-UFPB)
  • Yokiny de Araujo SILVA 3Graduanda, Estudante de Fisioterapia, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA (UFPB) – CNPq/PIVIC – Departamento de Fisioterapia – Laboratório de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (LABOCINE-UFPB)
  • Suênia Arruda Neves Ramalho de FIGUEIREDO 4Graduanda, Estudante de Educação Física, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA (UFPB) – CNPq/PIVIC – Departamento de Educação Física – Laboratório de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (LABOCINE-UFPB)
  • Antônio José de LIMA NETO Graduado, Professor, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA (UFPB) - PROGRAMA ASSOCIADO DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA UPE/UFPB – Departamento de Educação Física - Laboratório de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (LABOCINE-UFPB)
  • Maria do Socorro Cirilo de SOUSA Doutora, Professora, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA (UFPB) - PROGRAMA ASSOCIADO DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA UPE/UFPB – Departamento de Educação Física - Laboratório de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (LABOCINE-UFPB)

Abstract

Introduction: Exercise can reduce blood pressure (BP) levels influencing the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) and can intervene on the development of cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To analyze the acute effects of an aerobic gymnastic session on ABI and BP levels in physically active hypertensive women. Material and Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study, in which six hypertensive women (55±3 years, 49.6±4.7 kg, 1.54±0.1 m, 23.4±1.5 kg/m2) underwent a single aerobic gymnastic session, including low-impact movements, moving, walking, going up/down a 15-cm step, jump and high-impact (running) propulsion, with three minutes for each sort of movement. The whole session lasted 60 minutes with intensity of 70-80% of the maximum heart rate. The ABI and systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure levels were measured at rest and post-exercise, using a portable vascular doppler and a sphygmomanometer, whose median values were compared using the Wilcoxon test (p<0.05). Results: Data demonstrated that the ABI (pre: 1.0 (0.07) vs. post: 1.0 (0.12)), SBP (pre: 122.0 (20.0) vs. post: 120.0 (25.5)) and DBP (pre: 80.5 (11.25) vs. post: 78.0 (11.88)) did not change significantly after exercise (p>0.05). Conclusion: A single gymnastics session in hypertensive and physically active women does not change the ABI, SBP and DBP levels. Thus, this group of practitioners is not at risk for obstructive arterial disease of the lower limbs when performing such aerobic activity. DESCRIPTORS Ankle Brachial Index. Women's Health. Hypertension.

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2014-08-01

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LIMA, R. R. C., OLIVEIRA, L. dos S., PEREIRA, J. C., SILVA, Y. de A., FIGUEIREDO, S. A. N. R. de, LIMA NETO, A. J. de, & SOUSA, M. do S. C. de. (2014). ACUTE EFFECT OF AN AEROBIC GYMNASTIC SESSION ON THE BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS AND ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX (ABI) IN PHYSICALLY ACTIVE HYPERTENSIVE WOMEN. Revista Brasileira De Ciências Da Saúde, 17(4), 335–340. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs/index.php/rbcs/article/view/12600

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