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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-02-118-3
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2023.02.118.3
Language: English
Citation: Ifeyinwa, M. H. (2023). Effect of a 6-week aerobic exercise programme on blood pressure among men with hypertension. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 02 (118), 10-16. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-02-118-3 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2023.02.118.3 |
Pages: 10-16
Published: 28.02.2023
Abstract: The study examined the effects of a 6-week aerobic exercise on systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) of male participants with hypertension in Owerri Recreation Centre (Club) of Imo State. Two research questions/hypotheses guided the study. In the trials; 35 male hypertensive members constituted the population of the study, and 20 volunteers were used as the sample size of the study. The instrument used for the study was Sphygmomanometer model DM-500 for blood pressure by the two health experts who conducted the experiment for the period of ten weeks. Descriptive statistics and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were employed as the statistical techniques. The data set of the study was first subjected to assumptions associated with ANCOVA, which are normality via Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk statistics, homogeneity of regression slopes via parallelism test statistic, and homogeneity of error variance via Levene's statistic; and the three assumptions were met. The findings of this study indicated that the aerobic exercise programme significantly reduced systolic and diastolic BP of male members with hypertension, of Owerri Recreation Club from 142.50 to 121.67 with a mean difference of 20.83mmHg and 95.83 to 82.50 with a mean difference of 13.33 mmHg respectively. The hypotheses that there is no significant effect of a 6-week aerobic exercise programme on the diastolic and systolic BP of male members with hypertension, of Owerri Recreation Club of Imo State were rejected (p < 0.05). Based on the findings, the researcher made some vital recommendations among others that: seminars and workshops should be sponsored by big industrial establishments concerning health and fitness in order to enlighten their executives the importance of engaging in exercises for heath fitness and productivity achievement.
Key words: Aerobic exercise programme, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, male hypertensive members, ANCOVA.
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