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Mechanisms and clinical implications of post-exercise hypotension in humans
1Department of Anesthesiology and General Clinical Research Center, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. halliwill.john@mayo.edu
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
|May 8, 2001
Abstract:
Post-exercise hypotension is common after moderate-intensity dynamic exercise. It results from persistent reductions in vascular resistance mediated by the autonomic nervous system and vasodilator substances. These effects appear more pronounced and last longer in hypertensive individuals. Post-exercise hypotension may also play an important role in plasma volume recovery after exercise.