TY - JOUR
AU - M. Dubbert, Patricia
AB - EXERCISE IN HYPERTENSION John E. Martin, Ph.D. and Patricia M. Dobbert, Ph.D., R.N. Jackson Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of Mississippi Medical Center Until recently, treatment of mild hypertension has been pri­ follow-up interval, Blair and his colleagues (18) found that less marily pharmacological. Yet, all antihypertensive medications fit individuals had a relative risk of 1.52 for developing hyper­ tension when compared with highly fit persons. may cause problems in some patients. In addition to the unknown long-term risks of pharmacological therapy in hypertension, many The Experimental Evidence of the medications are known to produce short-term negative side In spite of this evidence, and various reviews which generally effects which may be associated with poor compliance (1,2). Stud­ support the beneficial effects of exercise on blood pressure ies have shown that approximately 50% of hypertensives who (8,9,16,19-22), there have been relatively few controlled studies begin treatment will stay in treatment for at least one year, and of those who do, only 213 will consume enough medication to evaluating the effects of exercise in hypertension. While there are achieve adequate blood pressure reduction (3). In addition, phar­ some studies with normotensive humans (23-26) and both nor­ macological treatment does 
TI - Exercise in Hypertension1
JF - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
DO - 10.1207/s15324796abm0701_2
DA - 1985-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/exercise-in-hypertension1-DJGJq9Hx0c
SP - 13
EP - 18
VL - 7
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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