As the first primer on the effects of exercise on human hypertension,
Effects of Exercise on Hypertension: From Cells to Physiological Systems
provides the state-of-the-art effects of exercise on the many possible
mechanisms underlying essential hypertension in humans. The book
contains chapters by distinguished experts on the effects of exercise on
physiological systems known to be involved in hypertension development
and maintenance as well as less well known aspects of hypertension such
as 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure profile and oxidative stress. An
emerging area, the effects of resistance exercise training on blood
pressure is also covered. A unique aspect of the book is that it covers
the effects of exercise mimetics on vascular cell adaptations in order
to begin to elucidate some of the cellular mechanisms that may underlie
blood pressure reductions with exercise training. Lastly, the book will
end with a chapter on the interactive effects of genes and exercise on
blood pressure. Chapters are grouped by physiological system or
mechanism. The text begins with two overview chapters; one on the
general effects of aerobic exercise training and the second on the
general effects of resistance exercise training on blood pressure. Each
chapter begins with a bulleted list of key points. Effects of Exercise
on Hypertension: From Cells to Physiological Systems will be of great
value to professional individuals in cardiovascular medicine, the
cardiovascular sciences, allied health care professionals, and medical
and graduate students in the cardiovascular sciences and medicine.
