Tuesday 24 January 2017

Football is medicine for women with high blood pressure

(University of Southern Denmark Faculty of Health Sciences) Professor Peter Krustrup of the University of Southern Denmark has for the first time demonstrated a long-term effect for female patients participating in Football Fitness.In a randomised trial involving 31 women aged 35-50 with mildly high blood pressure, 1 hour of football training two to three times a week over 1 year proved to be an effective broad-spectrum medicine, with positive effects on blood pressure, body fat percentage, bone density and physical fitness.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2jd1mVD

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