COMPARING EFFECT OF WALKING AND SELECTED AEROBIC EXERCISE ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN OVERWEIGHT POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Sadat Mousavian, A and Ganbarzadeh, M and Namvar, F and Shakerian, S (2014) COMPARING EFFECT OF WALKING AND SELECTED AEROBIC EXERCISE ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN OVERWEIGHT POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN. The Journal of Urmia Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, 12 (6). pp. 427-435.

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Abstract

Regarding the importance of physical activity in preventing blood pressure disease, this study was done with the goal of comparing walking and selected aerobic exercise on blood pressure in inactive postmenopausal women (age=56.61±5.88). Materials and Methods: In this study, 45 healthy overweight postmenopausal women were randomly divided into 3 groups of 15; selected aerobic training, walking and control. First, the heart rate was measured (80.47±15.04), then maximal oxygen consumption (22.65±1.46) and the body dimensions, including body mass index (28.74±1.78), and then systolic and diastolic blood pressure values were studied. Time and intensity of exercise were identical for two groups. Increasing intensity of 50-70% of maximum heart rate was in 12 weeks, 30 to 90 minutes, and 5 times a week (30 minutes at 50% MHR intensity for the first week and 90 minutes of 70 percent MHR in the last week). After the training period, systolic and diastolic blood pressure values were measured again and the data were analyzed with the dependent T-test, MANOVA and TUKY follow-up test. Results: The results indicate that differences between exercise and control groups were significant. Accordingly, the results of walking and selected aerobic exercise had significant effects on reducing systolic and diastolic mean blood pressure, and there was significant difference in systolic blood pressure values between two groups after 12 weeks. As the walking group showed higher mean. Conclusion: This study showed that aerobic exercise, either walking or in the form of selected aerobic exercise causes decrease in the mean of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in postmenopausal women, among which walking indicates greater effectiveness

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