Effect of Exercise Training on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Among Patients With Resistant Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Limited evidence suggests exercise reduces blood pressure (BP) in individuals with resistant hypertension, a clinical population with low responsiveness to drug therapy.

Objective

To determine whether an aerobic exercise training intervention reduces ambulatory BP among patients with resistant hypertension.

Design, settings, and participants

The Exercise Training in the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension (EnRicH) trial is a prospective, 2-center, single-blinded randomized clinical trial performed at 2 hospital centers in Portugal from March 2017 to December 2019. A total of 60 patients with a diagnosis of resistant hypertension aged 40 to 75 years were prospectively enrolled and observed at the hospitals' hypertension outpatient clinic.

Interventions

SUBMITTER: Lopes S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8340008 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature