Efeitos agudos e crônicos do exercício combinado na pressão arterial ambulatorial em mulheres hipertensas e na pós-menopausa

Abstract

Introduction: Hypertension has a higher prevalence in postmenopausal women and physical exercise has been considered an important alternative of treatment and prevention of this disease. Objective: Verify acute and chronic responses to ambulatory blood pressure after combined aerobic and resisted exercises. Methods: Participated in 14 postmenopausal women and medicated hypertensive (58.8±1.0 years, 27.7±1.2 Kg/m² e 7.2±1.5 years post menopause), submitted to an acute session and to training for ten weeks with combined exercises. It consisted of thirty sessions lasting 45 minutes, five of warm-up, 20 minutes of aerobic exercise on the treadmill and 20 minutes of resisted exercise. Blood pressure was assessed at rest and for 24 hours by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM). The ABPM was performed in three moments, being pre-training at rest (Baseline), after an acute exercise session (Acute) and rest after training (Chronic). From the ABPM data it was calculated blood pressure variability (BPV) and the area under the curve (AUC) of blood pressure. Results: Statistical analysis showed that the AUC of SBP, DBP and MBP at the time Chronic was smaller when compared to the Baseline moment, but there was no difference between the Acute and Baseline moments. The BPV of the SBP, DBP and MBP at the reduced Acute in relation to the Baseline, but there was no difference between the Chronic and Baseline moments. Conclusion: The combined exercise reduces chronic ambulatory blood pressure without change after a single acute session. In contrast, BPV reduces after a single acute session, but does not change in a chronic way.