TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute Effects of T'ai Chi Chuan Exercise on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients
AU - Dantas, Filipe Fernandes Oliveira
AU - da Silva Santana, Fábio
AU - da Silva, Thiago Souza Rosas
AU - Cucato, Gabriel Grizzo
AU - Farah, Breno Quintella
AU - Ritti-Dias, Raphael Mendes
PY - 2016/5/3
Y1 - 2016/5/3
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the acute effect of a t'ai chi chuan session on blood pressure and heart rate in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).DESIGN: Randomized crossover intervention study.SETTING: Outpatient therapy center.PARTICIPANTS: Seven patients with PAD, aged 50-79 years, not using β-blockers, calcium-channel blockers, or nondihidropiridinic vasodilators.INTERVENTION: T'ai chi chuan and control session (both sessions lasted 40 minutes).OUTCOME MEASURES: Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate, which were evaluated before and after the intervention (10, 30, and 50 minutes).RESULTS: T'ai chi chuan exercise acutely decreased systolic blood pressure at 30 minutes after exercise (p = 0.042) and increased diastolic blood pressure at 50 minutes after exercise (p = 0.041). Heart rate did not change after t'ai chi chuan exercise.CONCLUSION: T'ai chi chuan acutely decreases systolic blood pressure in patients with PAD.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the acute effect of a t'ai chi chuan session on blood pressure and heart rate in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).DESIGN: Randomized crossover intervention study.SETTING: Outpatient therapy center.PARTICIPANTS: Seven patients with PAD, aged 50-79 years, not using β-blockers, calcium-channel blockers, or nondihidropiridinic vasodilators.INTERVENTION: T'ai chi chuan and control session (both sessions lasted 40 minutes).OUTCOME MEASURES: Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate, which were evaluated before and after the intervention (10, 30, and 50 minutes).RESULTS: T'ai chi chuan exercise acutely decreased systolic blood pressure at 30 minutes after exercise (p = 0.042) and increased diastolic blood pressure at 50 minutes after exercise (p = 0.041). Heart rate did not change after t'ai chi chuan exercise.CONCLUSION: T'ai chi chuan acutely decreases systolic blood pressure in patients with PAD.
KW - Aged
KW - Blood Pressure/physiology
KW - Heart Rate/physiology
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Peripheral Arterial Disease/physiopathology
KW - Tai Ji
U2 - 10.1089/acm.2015.0230
DO - 10.1089/acm.2015.0230
M3 - Article
C2 - 27058396
VL - 22
SP - 375
EP - 379
JO - Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
JF - Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
SN - 1075-5535
IS - 5
ER -