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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2024

Isometric Exercise Training and Arterial Hypertension: An Updated Review.

Jamie J Edwards, Damian A Coleman, Raphael M Ritti-Dias, Breno Q Farah, David J Stensel, Sam J E Lucas, Philip J Millar, Ben D H Gordon, Véronique Cornelissen, Neil A Smart and 10 more

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Jamie J EdwardsSchool of Psychology and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, CT1 1QU, UK.
Damian A ColemanSchool of Psychology and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, CT1 1QU, UK.
Raphael M Ritti-DiasGraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, University Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brazil.
Breno Q FarahDepartment of Physical Education, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
David J StenselNational Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Sam J E LucasSchool of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Philip J MillarHuman Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Ben D H GordonDepartment of Health and Human Development, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Véronique CornelissenDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Neil A SmartSchool of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Debra J CarlsonSchool of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQ University, North Rockhampton, QLD, Australia.
Cheri McGowanDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
Ian SwaineSport Science, University of Greenwich, London, UK.
Linda S PescatelloDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
Reuben HowdenDepartment of Applied Physiology, Health and Clinical Sciences, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
Stewart Bruce-LowDepartment of Applied Sport and Exercise Science, University of East London, London, UK.
Christopher K T FarmerCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Paul LeesonOxford Clinical Cardiovascular Research Facility, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Rajan SharmaDepartment of Cardiology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, UK.
Jamie M O'DriscollSchool of Psychology and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, CT1 1QU, UK. jamie.odriscoll@canterbury.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-5923-4798

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertension is recognised as a leading attributable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature mortality. Global initiatives towards the prevention and treatment of arterial hypertension are centred around non-pharmacological lifestyle modification. Exercise recommendations differ between professional and scientific organisations, but are generally unanimous on the primary role of traditional aerobic and dynamic resistance exercise. In recent years, isometric exercise training (IET) has emerged as an effective novel exercise intervention with consistent evidence of reductions in blood pressure (BP) superior to that reported from traditional guideline-recommended exercise modes. Despite a wealth of emerging new data and endorsement by select governing bodies, IET remains underutilised and is not widely prescribed in clinical practice. This expert-informed review critically examines the role of IET as a potential adjuvant tool in the future clinical management of BP. We explore the efficacy, prescription protocols, evidence quality and certainty, acute cardiovascular stimulus, and physiological mechanisms underpinning its anti-hypertensive effects. We end the review with take-home suggestions regarding the direction of future IET research.

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Exercise TherapyHypertensionBlood PressureExerciseHumans

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PMID38762832
PMCPMC11239608

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