Abstract
The present study investigated whether football has favorable effects in the treatment of mild-to-moderate arterial hypertension in untrained middle-aged men. Twenty-five untrained males aged 31-54 year with mild-to-moderate hypertension were randomized to a football training group (FTG, two 1-h sessions per week) and a control group receiving physician-guided traditional recommendations on cardiovascular risk factor modification (doctoral advice group, DAG). After 3 months, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were lowered (P
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports Online |
| Vol/bind | 20 Suppl 1 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 98-102 |
| Antal sider | 5 |
| ISSN | 1600-0838 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 1 apr. 2010 |