A Study on the Application and Effect of \u27Health Formula\u27 to Middle-aged Men and Women with Mild Hypertension : Exercise Training for Three Months

Non pharmacological treatments for mild hypertension have been paid attention recently. We examined the effectiveness of mild exercise training for hypertensives and aimed the development of health-optimising program \u27health formula\u27. Twenty three volunteers with either high systolic pressures over 140mmHg or high diastolic pressures over 90mmHg and without other diseases joined \u27Exercise Class for Mild Hypertensives\u27. Twice a week, every Monday and Friday, from September 20, 1985 to December 20, 1985, they took 90-minite class. They had trainings of walking, jogging and other exercises with 50% of maximal intensity. After 3 month training, subjects showed improvement in swiftness, flexibility and balance. Blood pressures decreased 14mmHg in systolic and 7mmHg in diastolic (p