Acute Effects of Resistance and Aerobic Exercises With Blood Flow Restriction on Blood Pressure in Elderly

Abstract

The aim was to compare the acute effect of resistance(RE) and aerobic exercise(AE) with blood flow restriction(BFR) on systolic(SBP) and diastolic blood pressure(DBP) in healthy elderly. By mixed model for repeated measures and Bonferroni post hoc, we observed lower values in the end of AE compared to RE(SBP-AE:148±19; RE:215±24; DBP-AE:75±11; RE:120±16 mmHg) as well the DBP at 30 minutes after exercises(AE:119±19;RE:128±14 mmHg). We concluded AEBFR was safer than REBFR in this population.