Acute Effects of T'ai Chi Chuan Exercise on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients

作者：Oliveira Dantas Filipe Fernandes; Santana Fabio da Silva; Rosas da Silva Thiago Souza; Cucato Gabriel Grizzo; Farah Breno Quintella; Ritti Dias Raphael Mendes

来源：Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2016, 22(5): 375-379.

DOI：10.1089/acm.2015.0230

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 -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.

• 出版日期2016-5