%0 Journal Article
%T Blood pressure lowering effects of a novel isometric exercise device following a 4-week isometric handgrip intervention
%A Benjamin DH Gordon
%A Cheri L McGowan
%A Daniel S Baddeley-White
%A Ian L Swaine
%A Peter Kyberd
%A Reuben Howden
%J Archive of "Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.2147/OAJSM.S193008
%X Background: Hypertension is the leading risk factor for global mortality. Isometric resistance exercise training reduces blood pressure (BP). However, the protocols used are often limited by cost/immobility and the use of rigid exercise modalities. In response, a novel more versatile, isometric exercise (IE) device, the IsoBall (IB) was created
%K hypertension
%K antihypertensive intervention
%K isometric exercise ball
%K IsoBall
%K Zona plus device
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6600323/