One-year follow-up of the effect of shadowboxing on cardiovascular function in elderly patients with hypertension / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

The present study was aimedobserve the effect of shadowboxing on the cardiovascular function of elderly patients with hypertension. Sixty-two elderly patients with hypertension were required to do one-year shadowboxing (no intake of hypotensive drug in the shadowboxing treatment) four times a week with 40-60 minutes each time. The heart rate,blood pressure,blood lipid blood viscosity and the platelet aggregation rate of subjects were determined before and after the exercises. The results showed that after one year of shadowboxing,the blood pressure of patients decreased with the indexes in cardiovascular function significantly ameliorated,which indicated that shadowboxing could reduce the blood pressure,boost up the irritability adaptability and endurance of cardiovascular system in elderly patients with hypertension.