Effect of 12 Weeks of Resistive Exercises Versus Aerobic Exercises in Overweight Hypertensive Postmenopausal Women
Effect of 12 Weeks of Resistive Exercises Versus Aerobic Exercises in Overweight Hypertensive Postmenopausal Women
Sixty postmenopausal women participated in this study from gynecological outpatient clinic,
 at Al-Zahra universal Hospital, Al Azhar University, and Cairo. They were first diagnosed to
 be hypertensive in their early postmenopausal period .Their blood pressure ranged between
 140/90mmHg to 170/105mmHg, their ages ranged from 50 to 60 years and their body mass index
 ranged from 30:35 kg/m2.
The participants were divided randomly according to closed envelop into three equal groups in
 number: Group A (RE) consisted of twenty women who participated in the resistive exercise
 program. Group B (AE) group: consisted of twenty women who participated in an aerobic
 exercise program. All patients in both groups (A & B) participated in the exercises three
 times per week for twelve weeks and every session lasted for 45 min and continues their
 antihypertensive medication
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  All women diagnosed as essential hypertension.

 -  All women must be in their early postmenopausal period

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Lesion to higher centers leading to hypertension (embolism)

 -  any cardiovascular disease

 -  premature menopause

 -  surgical menopause

 -  severe hypertension

 -  diabetic

 -  under treatment of hormonal therapy.