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1Department of Cardiology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China. emuqjb638247@163.com.
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Exercise training can effectively treat hypertension by improving blood pressure and cardiovascular health. This approach is crucial for managing hypertension and preventing related complications globally.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Health
- Public Health
- Exercise Physiology
Background:
- Hypertension is a widespread global health challenge with rising prevalence and significant risks for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and dementia.
- Many hypertension cases are inadequately treated, hindering effective public health strategies due to a lack of precise prevalence data.
- Hypertension is categorized into primary (idiopathic) and secondary (due to organic changes) types, with secondary hypertension often linked to inactivity and poor nutrition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the efficacy of exercise training as a treatment modality for hypertension.
- To explore the potential of physical activity in mitigating hypertension-related health risks.
- To highlight exercise as a key component in the prevention and management of hypertension.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on the physiological effects of exercise in hypertensive individuals.
- Analysis of how exercise impacts hemodynamic and humoral factors relevant to blood pressure regulation.
- Examination of exercise's role in improving metabolic profiles and cardiac pathology in hypertension.
Main Results:
- Exercise training demonstrates positive effects on blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
- Physical activity can lead to improvements in plasma lipoprotein-lipid profiles and insulin sensitivity.
- Exercise may contribute to the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in individuals with hypertension.
Conclusions:
- Exercise training is a highly effective initial or adjunctive therapy for hypertension.
- Promoting an active lifestyle is vital for counteracting environmental factors contributing to hypertension.
- Implementing exercise programs is essential for the global prevention and treatment of hypertension.
Abstract:
Hypertension, one of the most common chronic and sporadic conditions, figures among the important worldwide public-health challenges, and it is a major risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and other complications, including dementia. Hypertension is neglected by individuals, and the prevalence of this condition continues to rise across the world. A great number of patients receiving medical intervention is not successfully treated, while adequate curative health services are dependent on the exact update data of the countrywide prevalence of known and undetected cases. This renders elusive the possibility of a public strategy to eradicate hypertension. Accordingly, a global preventive approach in considering the known etiology of the disease established two types of cases hypertension including primary hypertension, which is idiopathic, and secondary hypertension, which is based on a demonstrable organic change in tissues. This is relevant since the secondary hypertension remains the most prevalent and it is associated with physical inactivity and bad nutrition. The environmental condition may be counteracting with an active life style. Physical exercise, which promotes hemodynamic and humoral changes in healthy subjects, may positively impact on hypertensive subjects. Indeed, patients with hypertension might improve their blood pressure, plasma lipoprotein-lipid profile, insulin sensitivity, likely to normotensive people, as well as the regression of the pathology of left ventricular hypertrophy. Exercise training is an important initial or adjunctive step that may be highly efficacious in the prevention and treatment of individuals with hypertension. Herein, we study the role of exercise training in the treatment of hypertension.
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