Effects of sauna alone and postexercise sauna baths on blood pressure and hemodynamic variables in patients with untreated hypertension
Gayda M, Paillard F, Sosner P, Juneau M, Garzon M, Gonzalez M, Bélanger M, Nigam A
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 34 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2012-05-03 · J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) · vol. 14 · issue 8 · pp. 553–560
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 52 citations · more than 81% of similar papers · 1.5× the field average
- References
- 35 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy)
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Dietary Effects on Health
- Keywords
- Medicine, Blood pressure, Hemodynamics, Ambulatory blood pressure, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Ambulatory
- MeSH
- humans, hypertension, blood pressure monitoring, ambulatory, cardiac output, stroke volume, treatment outcome, exercise, steam bath, cross-over studies, blood pressure, heart rate, vascular resistance, time factors, adult, aged, middle aged, female, male, hemodynamics
8 authors
From CA, FR
- Mathieu GaydaUniversité du Québec à Montréal; Université de Montréal
- François PaillardUniversité de Poitiers; Laboratoire Mobilité Vieillissement et Exercice
- Philippe SosnerCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers
- Martin JuneauUniversité de Montréal
- Mauricio Garzón
- Mariel Gonzalez
Abstract
The effects of sauna alone vs exercise and sauna on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and central hemodynamic variables were measured in 16 patients with untreated hypertension assigned to a control period, sauna, or exercise and sauna. Exercise and sauna had positive effects on 24-hour systolic and mean blood pressure in patients with untreated hypertension. Exercise and sauna and sauna alone reduce total vascular resistance, with positive effects lasting up to 120 minutes after heat exposure.
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