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Rinku Garg1, Varun Malhotra2, Avnish Kumar3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Santosh Medical College , Ghaziabad, UP, India .
Introduction:
The aim of the present study was to study the effect of isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise training on resting blood pressure in normal healthy volunteers.
Materials And Methods:
Hand grip spring dynamometer was used for IHG exercise training. A total of 30 normal healthy volunteers in the age group of 20-40 y were enrolled for the study. Exercise training protocol consisted of five 3-min bouts of IHG exercise at 30% of maximum voluntary contraction separated by 5 min rest periods. Exercise was performed 3 times/wk for 10 wk. Subject's blood pressure was measured before and after exercise.
Result:
There was a significant reduction in resting blood pressure following 10 wk of exercise training. Both Systolic and Diastolic blood pressure reduced significantly (p<0.001).
Conclusion:
IHG exercise training might be a simple, effective, inexpensive and non-pharmacological method in lowering blood pressure.
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