Effects of sauna alone and postexercise sauna baths on blood pressure and hemodynamic variables in patients with untreated hypertension.

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.

• Authors: Mathieu Gayda, François Paillard, Philippe Sosner, Martin Juneau, Mauricio Garzon, Mariel Gonzalez, Manon Bélanger, Anil Nigam
• Journal: Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) (J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)) Vol. 14 Issue 8 Pg. 553-60 (Aug 2012) ISSN: 1751-7176 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 22863164 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Blood Pressure (physiology)
• Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
• Cardiac Output (physiology)
• Cross-Over Studies
• Exercise (physiology)
• Female
• Heart Rate (physiology)
• Hemodynamics (physiology)
• Humans
• Hypertension (physiopathology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Steam Bath
• Stroke Volume (physiology)
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome
• Vascular Resistance (physiology)