Review Article

Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training on Blood Pressure in Indians: Systematic Review

Table 1

Basic characteristics of included studies.

Author et al., yearPopulation (male/female)IntensitySession durationFrequencyTotal duration

⁢Healthy young adults ()
Dureja and Bardhan, 2014 [19]05 (05/00)7–10 Km/hr15–25 minutes6 days/week4 weeks
Munieskhar et al., 2014 [20]50 (00/50)NA30 minutes7 days/week12 weeks
Golda and Margaret, 2013 [11]10 (10/00)65–80% HRR90 minutes3 days/week12 weeks
Harsoda and Purohit, 2013 [21] 15 (15/00)10 Km/hr30 minutes5 days/week12 weeks
Hulke et al., 2012 [16]85 (43/42)RPE60 minutes8 sessions/week16 weeks

⁢Middle and old age
Karadkhedkar and Somwanshi, 2015 [22]30 (00/30)60–75%  30 minutes5 days/week16 weeks
Selvakumar and Raja, 2015 [12]20NANA5 days/week12 weeks
Singh et al., 2015 [23] 17 (06/11)50–75% APMHR30 minutes5 days/week3 weeks
Raja, 2014 [24]15NANA6 days/week13 weeks
Subitha et al., 2012 [25]38 (18/20)NA15 minutes3 days/week10 weeks
Lakshminarayanan et al., 2012 [13] 421Brisk30 minutes4 days/week10 weeks

⁢Obese adults ()
Chaudhary et al., 2010 [10]10 (00/10)60–70% MHRTill exhaustion3 days/week6 weeks
Raju, 2014 [26]30 (30/00)Varying60 minutes6 days/week12 weeks

⁢Hypertensive adults ()
Jaiswal et al., 2015 [27]1550–80% HRR30 minutes5 days/week6 weeks
Patel and Desai, 2014 [18]30 (21/09)NA30 minutesNA6 weeks
Bose and Dhanalakshmi, 2012 [28]5060–75%  50 minutes3 days/week6 weeks
Saptharishi et al., 2009 [14] 27 (19/08)Brisk50–60 minutes4 days/week8 weeks

⁢Diabetic adults ()
Sadhesh and Kumar, 2014 [15]15NA45 minutes7 days/week7 weeks
Ghosh and Roy, 2013 [29]24 (00/24)65–75% run/walk15 minutes6 days/week25 weeks
Sanghani et al., 2013 [30]74Varying45 minutes6 days/week26 weeks
Tiwari et al., 2012 [17]51 (28/23)NA30 minutesNA12 weeks
Sridhar et al., 2010 [31]55 (30/25)NA45 minutes7 days/week52 weeks
Arora et al., 2009 [32] 10 (06/04)NA30 minutes3 days/week8 weeks
Shenoy et al., 2009 [33] 10 (06/04)NA30 minutes3 days/week16 weeks

APHRM, age predicted heart rate maximum; , heart rate maximum; HRR, heart rate reserve; MHR, maximal heart rate; NA, not available; RPE, ratings of perceived exertion.