Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

The use of physical activities and physical exercise therapy for reducing blood pressure and heart rate for better quality of life

4^th International Conference on Clinical & Experimental Cardiology

April 14-16, 2014 Hilton San Antonio Airport, TX, USA

Antonia Dalla Pria Bankoff

Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Cardiolog

Abstract :

We evaluated 114 men aged 35-55 years old, through a protocol on quality of life, and measurements of blood pressure and heart rate. 37 men with a mean age of 48.5 years, mean overall blood pressure 15.7 mmHg x 9mmHg, and overall average resting heart rate of 96 bpm were separated. Men who consumed red meat seven days a week twice a day (lunch and dinner), smoked on average 15 cigarettes per day, sedentary and consumed alcoholic beverages on average of 5 times a week were considered stressed and spent on average 2.5 hours inside the car to go to work (round trip). A program was proposed to them for a moderate physical activity, which had, one hour of class for three times in a week with the total of three hours per week. It was also suggested that they seek out other activities of the program. The prescription of physical activity was: Monday walk, Wednesday individual dance movements with free and Thursday free exercises for a period of four months. Physical activities were monitored with measurements of heart rate and blood pressure. During the activities the maximum heart rate was maintained between 60-75% (102-127 bpm). We also measured the satisfaction of physical activities. After 04 months they were re-evaluated considering the same variables. Results: 28 subjects had blood pressure with reduced overall average of 128 mmHg x 80 mmHg and heart rate with an average of 88 bpm and 09 subjects with an average of 131mmHg x 84mmHg and an overall average heart rate of 91bpm. Conclusion: We can consider that physical activity with exercise therapy and the change in lifestyle act in decreasing the blood pressure and heart rate

Biography :

Antonia Dalla Pria Bankoff graduated in Physical Education, and did her Masters in Morphology, Ph.D. in Anatomy and Post Doctorate from the University La Sapienzadi Rome, Italy. She is currently a National Researcher by CAPES/MEC with the Federal University of MatoGrosso do Sul-Campus Três Lagoas-MS-Brazil. Since 1995, she is working to develop physical exercise for disease prevention and thus changing lifestyle