In China, a study compared two sports – tai chi and aerobics – to see which sport improved blood pressure. Result: The first is more effective than the second.
Have chronic hypertension The most common chronic disease in France : Affects one in three adults. comes into contact with patients Many complications Such as stroke, heart attack or even neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, recalls Inserm.
In addition to treatment, hypertensive people are advised to take A healthy lifestyle, WHO Includes physical activity. In China, researchers wanted to know if certain sports were more effective than others in lowering blood pressure. By comparing tai chi and aerobic exercise, scientists noted that the former may provide real health benefits to patients before they develop hypertension.
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As he detailed in his article published in the journal JAMA Network OpenFocused on writers Hypertension, A pre-hypertension stage Chronic artery. They recruited 349 volunteers Adults with prehypertension. For one year, one group attended one-hour tai chi sessions four times a week, while the other group practiced aerobic exercises at the same frequency. The researchers measured blood pressure three times: at the beginning of the study, at six months, and then after one year.
Results: Tai Chi had a greater effect on lowering blood pressure than aerobic exercise. Volunteers in the first group, in measurements taken during the active phase, showed changes of -7.01 mmHg (millimeters of mercury) compared to -4.61 mmHg for those in the second group. Tai chi practitioners have also been shown to experience a reduction in blood pressure during sleep.
After the experiment, the researchers also noticed that there was Fewer people in the Tai Chi group progressed to hypertension than those in the aerobic exercise group.
“These results suggest that tai chi may help promote healingPrevention of cardiovascular diseases In the hypertensive population”Scientists conclude.
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