[The female climacteric and hypertension. An assessment of physical work capacity during treatment]

Bicycle ergometry was used for a study of physical working capacity in 114 women with hypertension, of them in 63 concomitant menopause was diagnosed. A noticeable decrease in physical working capacity and efficacy of functioning of the cardiovascular system during muscular work was demonstrated in patients with hypertension combined with menopause. An opportunity of restored tolerance to physical exercise in most of the patients with hypertension and in more than half of the patients with hypertension combined with menopause was shown during prolonged 6-month hypotensive therapy.