Influence of 12-week Nordic Walking training on biomarkers of endothelial function in healthy postmenopausal women

Effect of Exercise Training on Blood Pressure in Healthy Postmenopausal Females: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis

“…Only one study reported data separately for males and females (36). In the majority of studies, blood pressure was measured after a resting period (5 to 60 min) by auscultation (36,37) or by an automated device (30,33,41) in the sitting (30,33,34,36,39) or supine position (35,38,41). In one study (32), blood pressure was monitored during 24 h. Seven studies remained unclear regarding the type of device used (manually or automated) and/or the position in which blood pressure was taken (31,34,35,37,38,40).…”

“…In the majority of studies, blood pressure was measured after a resting period (5 to 60 min) by auscultation (36,37) or by an automated device (30,33,41) in the sitting (30,33,34,36,39) or supine position (35,38,41). In one study (32), blood pressure was monitored during 24 h. Seven studies remained unclear regarding the type of device used (manually or automated) and/or the position in which blood pressure was taken (31,34,35,37,38,40). Eight studies (31,32,34,(36)(37)(38)(39)41) included aerobic exercise training only, and four studies (30,33,35,40) combined aerobic with resistance exercise training.…”

“…The results are presented in Figure 2. Overall, 50% of included studies raised some concerns of bias (30,31,33,34,38,40) and 50% were judged at high risk of bias (32,(35)(36)(37)39,41). Regarding bias arising from the randomization process, 33% of studies were at low risk, 58% raised some concern, and 8% were at high risk.…”

“…Eight studies (31,32,34,36–39,41) included aerobic exercise training only, and four studies (30,33,35,40) combined aerobic with resistance exercise training. Exercise training was supervised in a laboratory setting for eight studies (32,33,35,37–41). For two studies, exercise training was performed in a community setting (30) or at home with accelerometry (36).…”

“…Eight studies (31,32,34,(36)(37)(38)(39)41) included aerobic exercise training only, and four studies (30,33,35,40) combined aerobic with resistance exercise training. Exercise training was supervised in a laboratory setting for eight studies (32,33,35,(37)(38)(39)(40)(41).…”