Effect of inversion exercises on blood pressure in women in second adulthood

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Postgraduate A.A. Shlapak1
L.I. Sokolova1, 2
PhD, Professor A.V. Zakharova1
1Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg
2State autonomous health care institution Asbest City hospital, Asbest

Keywords: fitness training, inversion exercises, blood pressure.

Introduction. inversion exercises-head-down exercises used in yoga, pilates and fitness systems in hammocks, are a method of decompressing the spine and relaxing the muscles and ligaments. However, inversion exercises have one of the main contraindications – high blood pressure, as they can increase it [1]. Women of the second mature age have a predisposition to arterial hypertension.
the aim of the study was to determine the effect of inversion exercises on women's blood pressure.
methodology and organization of the study. In September 2020, women (n=10, age 41±5.69 g. BMI 25.4±3.15) were monitored with a B. WELLWM-61 (UK) tonometer at the Pilates fitness training in hammocks for blood pressure-systolic (adsist) and diastolic (addiast) and heart rate: before training, after warm – up in two inversion exercises – "Bat" (vis upside down through a backward somersault) and "invertedv" (vis upside down through a forward tilt) during the exercise and during the recovery period after 1 min.
The results of the study and their discussion. Before training, women had adsist 122.5±13.99 mm Hg, AD di ast-78±11.35 mm Hg, heart rate-77.4±10.11 beats / min. After 7 – minute joint mobilization in hammocks,adsist -117±16.19 mm Hg and addiast-70±12.45 mm Hg significantly (p0. 05) decreased.
During the exercise" Bat " there was a significant increase in blood pressure, but within the physiological norm (adsist-130±10.80, addiast-84±5.16 mm Hg). After performing the exercise, there was a significant decrease in adsist to 113±15.67 mm Hg and addiast to 72±7.89 mm Hg.
during the exercise "invertedv" adsist was 123.5±13.34 mm hg, addiast-81.5±10.55 mm hg. after the exercise, the indicators of adsist – 107.5±14.39 mm hg and addiast – 68±11.35 mm hg were normalized. adsist during the exercise "bat" was significantly higher than during the exercise "invertedv" (p0, 05).
Conclusions. Inversion exercises increase blood pressure. Moreover, the flip through the tilt of the body back increases the pressure significantly than the inversion through the tilt forward. However, the increase in blood pressure in the inversion position in both cases is within the physiological norm, so they can be used in training women of the second mature age and in people with high blood pressure.

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