Effect of the exercise of walkers performed in public squares with spontaneous or prescribed intensity on post-exercise hypotension

Authors

  • Taís Feitosa da Silva Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Universidade de Pernambuco
  • Alesandra Araújo de Souza Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Universidade de Pernambuco
  • Fabiano Ferreira de Lima Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Departamento de Educação Física
  • Jennifer Ariely Sales Suassuna Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Universidade de Pernambuco
  • Henrique Eduardo Paiva Lira do Couto Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Departamento de Educação Física
  • Gustavo Roque Tenório Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Departamento de Educação Física
  • Maria Irene de Andrade Gomes Silva Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Departamento de Educação Física
  • Guilherme Leandebal Bonifácio Dias Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Departamento de Educação Física
  • Alexandre Sérgio Silva Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Universidade de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s1518-8787.2017051006247

Keywords:

Walking, Post-Exercise Hypotension, Hypertension

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To quantify the intensity adopted by walkers in public squares and check the occurrence and magnitude of post-exercise hypotension in the spontaneously adopted intensity and in a prescribed intensity. METHODS In 98 volunteers (38 of them being hypertensive), walkers in public squares of the city of João Pessoa, State of Paraíba, Brazil, we have identified the intensity of a usual training monitored by heart rate and we have investigated the occurrence and magnitude of post-exercise hypotension. Subsequently, participants were instructed to walk with moderate intensity. Blood pressure was measured after rest and during post-exercise recovery. RESULTS Of the total participants, 41% of the hypertensive and 36% of the normotensive individuals walked with light intensity. With the prescription, intensity increased to 55% and 52%, for the hypertensive and normotensive individuals, respectively. In the usual and prescribed intensity, the hypertensive individuals had post-exercise hypotension of -3.7±11.6 mmHg and -4.72±12.8 mmHg, respectively. There was no correlation between post-exercise hypotension and the initial systolic component of the hypertensive individuals (r2 = 0.2; p < 0.002). CONCLUSIONS Walkers in public squares choose light intensity for walking. When they exercise with the prescribed intensity, they increase the intensity, but the magnitude of the PEH is not increase with this guidance.

Published

2017-01-01

Issue

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Effect of the exercise of walkers performed in public squares with spontaneous or prescribed intensity on post-exercise hypotension. (2017). Revista De Saúde Pública, 51, 71. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1518-8787.2017051006247