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Three-month vs. one-year detraining effects after multicomponent exercise program in hypertensive older women
Background: Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in older
women. Physical exercise training programs promote beneficial effects for health and quality of life.
However, exercise interruption periods may be detrimental for the hemodynamic and lipidic profiles
of hypertensive older women with dyslipidemia. Methods: Nineteen hypertensive older women
with dyslipidemia (exercise group: 67.5 ± 5.4 years, 1.53 ± 3.42 m, 71.84 ± 7.45 kg) performed
a supervised multicomponent exercise training program (METP) during nine months, followed
by a one-year detraining period (DT), while fourteen hypertensive older women (control group:
66.4 ± 5.2 years, 1.56 ± 3.10 m, 69.38 ± 5.24 kg) with dyslipidemia kept their continued daily routine
without exercise. For both groups, hemodynamic and lipidic profiles and functional capacities (FCs)
were assessed four times: before and after the METP and after 3 and 12 months of DT (no exercise
was carried out). Results: The METP improved hemodynamic and lipidic profiles (p < 0.05), while
three months of DT decreased all (p < 0.05) parameters, with the exception of diastolic blood pressure
(DBP). One year of DT significantly (p < 0.01) decreased systolic blood pressure (7.85%), DBP (2.29%),
resting heart rate (7.95%), blood glucose (19.14%), total cholesterol (10.27%), triglycerides (6.92%)
and FC—agility (4.24%), lower- (−12.75%) and upper-body strength (−12.17%), cardiorespiratory
capacity (−4.81%) and lower- (−16.16%) and upper-body flexibility (−11.11%). Conclusion: Nine
months of the exercise program significantly improved the hemodynamic and lipid profiles as well
as the functional capacities of hypertensive older women with dyslipidemia. Although a detraining
period is detrimental to these benefits, it seems that the first three months are more prominent in
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Can exercise help regulate blood pressure and improve functional capacity of older women with hypertension against the deleterious effects of physical inactivity?
: Background: Sedentarism and inactivity are risk factors for the development of hyperten sion. Thus, the prevention of the natural process of biological and physiological aging of older women
through physical exercise results in higher benefits in preventing cardiovascular diseases and can be
a key factor for its treatment. Multicomponent exercise (METP) is a training method that may help
older women with hypertension by improving their quality of life and their response to treatment.
Methods: Twenty-eight older Caucasian women with hypertension (66.7 ± 5.3 years, 1.59 ± 0.11 m)
performed a supervised METP program of nine months followed by three months of detraining
(DT), and seventeen older women (68.2 ± 4.7 years, 1.57 ± 0.16 cm) with hypertension maintained
their daily routine, without exercise. Blood pressure (BP), resting heart rate, and functional capacity
(FC) were evaluated at the beginning and at the end of the program, and after three months of DT.
Results: The ME program improved (p < 0.05) systolic BP (−5.37%), diastolic BP (−5.67%), resting
heart rate (−7.8%), agility (9.8%), lower body strength (27.8%), upper body strength (10.0%), and
cardiorespiratory capacity (8.6%). BP and FC deteriorated after the DT period (p < 0.05). Conclusion:
Nine months of multicomponent exercise were sufficient to improve functional capacity and promote
benefits in blood pressure, although was not sufficient to allow BP to reach the normal values of
older women. The three month DT period without exercise caused the reversal of BP improvements
but maintained the functional capacity of older women.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio