Effect of a physical training program on healthy physical condition in hypertensive individuals

Abstract Objective: To determine the effect of a physical training program on the healthy physical condition of patients with controlled hypertension. Method: A clinical trial was conducted of 78 people diagnosed with controlled hypertension. Of those subjects who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study and who met the inclusion criteria a study group of 39 patients with controlled blood pressure was selected, and underwent the physical training program. A control group of 39 patients with controlled blood pressure was also selected and underwent an educational program combined with non-guided exercises which they usually practiced (shuffleboard, "froggy", chess). At the beginning of the study a survey on the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants was conducted, while their clinical characteristics were evaluated at the end of the study. The statistical t test for independent samples was used, along with the paired before or after Student t test, or failing that the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test. Results: 84.6 percent of the sample were women and 64.1 percent had a primary school level education. The mean differences showed statistical significance p