TY  - JOUR
T1  - Maximum Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in Exercise-Trained and Sedentary Healthy Males in Ilorin, Nigeria
AU - Obembe, O.O. AU - Oyeyipo, I.P. 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 10
SP  - 537
EP  - 540
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2011.537.540
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2011.537.540
KW  - Exercise-trained
KW  -resting heart rate
KW  -maximum heart rate
KW  -blood pressure
KW  -sedentary
KW  -individuals
AB  - The effect of exercise-training on heart rate and blood pressure both at rest and after an all out effort on a bicycle ergometer was studied in 87 healthy Nigerian males. The age groups of the subjects are 15-19, 20-24, 25-29 and 30-34 years. Results showed that exercise-trained individuals have a significantly lower resting rate (p<0.05) and a significantly lower maximum heart rate (p<0.05) than sedentary individuals in all the age groups. However, no significant difference was recorded in the blood pressure (both systole and diastole) between exercise-trained and sedentary individuals in all the age groups. Endurance training, through improvement of heart efficiency may improve cardiac autonomic balance; increasing parasympathetic while decreasing sympathetic stimulation of the heart. Exercise training results in markedly lower heart rate readings in exercise-trained individuals compared with sedentary individuals.
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