High
blood pressure under medical palance is associated with a variety of
circulatory diseases, and it has been estimated that over 12% of all deaths in
the world is directly or remotely connected with hypertension. It is said that
one out of every five persons, can expect to have high blood pressure at one
time or the other, during one’s life time. Based on hemodynamic equation, the
mean arterial pressure is equal to cardiac out-put, times resistance (p means =
Q x R). Hence hypertension is usually as a result of either an increased
cardiac output and/or an increased resistance. The most common form of high
blood pressure in humans is called “essential hypertension”, while is said to
have no known cause. However this research aims at showing how a 12-week
moderate exercise with bicycle egometer (i.e use of non-pharmacologic approach
to reduce the resting heart rate and blood pressure of 6 volunteer retired
civil servants from Anambra state civil service and 6 retired academic staff of
Nnamdi Azikiwe university in Awka. The paired T-test analysis of data obtained
revealed a statistical significant effect of the moderate 12-week exercise on
bicycle egometer, on the resting heart rate and blood pressure of the
experimental group of the respondents. Hence it could be concluded that the administration
of moderate exercise on bicycle egometer could be an effective use of
non-pharmacologic intervention in the control and prevention of high blood
pressure or hypertension among the elderly.
Author(s) Details
Alagbu Chukwubuikem Eugene
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
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Author(s) Details
Alagbu Chukwubuikem Eugene
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
View Book :- http://bp.bookpi.org/index.php/bpi/catalog/book/178
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