DATA ANALYSIS OF BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS UNDER THE EFFECT OF A PHYSICAL EXERCISE PROGRAM IN HYPERTENSIVE AND SEDENTARY ELDERLY WOMEN UNDERGOING PHARMACOTHERAPY

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2262410071

• Palavras-chave: Data Analysis, Arterial Hypertension, Elderly Women, Physical Training.

• Keywords: Data Analysis, Arterial Hypertension, Elderly Women, Physical Training.

• Abstract: The objective of the book chapter of the study was to investigate the changes caused by a scientifically methodized physical exercise program in the arterial pressure (SBP) values of elderly, hypertensive and sedentary women undergoing pharmacotherapy. Two study groups were formed, totaling 33 subjects aged between 60 and 75 years, which were constituted as follows: a) an experimental group (EG), composed of 18 hypertensive and sedentary students, undergoing pharmacotherapy and attending the Health Center Physical Activities of the Banco do Brasil Athletic Association of Itaberaí – GO, which during the experiment regularly underwent physical exercise routines (Age: 63.8 ± 14.8; Body Weight: 74.7 ± 13.8; Height: 165.8 ± 12.6); and b) a control group (CG), composed of 15 students who were also hypertensive and sedentary, under pharmacotherapy, who during the study were not subjected to physical training routines (Age: 71.6 ± 15.1; Body Weight: 68. 3 ± 13.8; Height: 160.3 ± 12.8). The experimental procedure lasted a total of 10 weeks, in which Ge was subjected to aerobic physical exercises controlled by the perceived rate of effort, associated with resistance exercises aiming at localized muscular resistance, with the training sessions being carried out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Mondays, lasting 60 minutes each. At the end of the procedures, statistical analysis allowed us to observe that the scores related to PASS presented by the EG and CG showed p=0.000 and p=0.150, indicating statistical significance only for EG, whose average values were reduced by 6.5 mmHg, unlike the scores of the CG that decreased by only 0.5 mmHg, representing respectively 5.16% and 0.36% of functional improvement in the variable in question. A similar behavior was found when analyzing the PASD values, which at the end of the experimental procedure presented p=0.017 and p=0.051 for the EG and CG, respectively. Likewise, statistical significance was detected only in the EG, whose average scores decreased numerically by 4.0 mmHg, against only 0.7 mmHg in the CG, meaning respectively 4.60% and 0.82%% of physiological improvements in the variable in question discussion. These findings suggest that a physical exercise program built on scientific bases can be a valuable tool in the non-pharmacotherapy of arterial hypertension.