%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of Different Exercise Training Programs on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight/Obese Adults With Hypertension: A Pilot Study
%A Borja Jurio-Iriarte
%A Sara Maldonado-Mart¨ªn
%J Health Promotion Practice
%@ 1552-6372
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1524839918774310
%X The goal of the study was to compare the effects of two supervised aerobic exercise programs (moderate-intensity continuous training [MICT] vs. high-intensity interval training [HIIT]) after 8-, 12-, and 16-week intervention periods on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in overweight/obese adults diagnosed with hypertension. Participants (N = 64) were divided into three intervention cohorts (control group [CG], MICT, and HIIT) and each of these, in turn, into three intervention length cohorts (8, 12, and 16 weeks). Supervised groups exercised twice a week. There were no statistical changes in postintervention periods in CG (g < 0.1). CRF as assessed by peak oxygen uptake (mL kg£¿1¡¤min£¿1) increased (p < .001) in exercise groups (MICT, 3.8 ¡À 3.3, g = 0.6; HIIT, 4.2 ¡À 4.7, g = 0.7). The effect of exercise interventions compared with CG was substantial (p < .02, g > .8) and mostly consequence of HIIT-related effects. The improvements on CRF occurred after 12 and 16 weeks in exercise interventions, rather than in the 8-week group or CG, where Hedges¡¯s g index indicated small effect. This study may suggest that both MICT and HIIT exert cardioprotector effects on hypertension in the overweight/obese population. However, short-term training duration (<12 weeks) does not seem to improve CRF, and HIIT intervention might generate higher aerobic capacity, which seems to grow as intervention lengthens
%K cardiovascular disease
%K chronic disease
%K obesity
%K physical activity/exercise
%K training
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1524839918774310