Methodology for the application of fortifying exercises on patients that suffer from high blood pressure, from Sueño neighborhood

Abstract

High blood pressure is one of the most important medical-sanitary problems of contemporary medicine in developed countries and also in Cuba. This research deals with a methodology for the application of fortifying exercises on patients that suffer from high blood pressure from Sueño neighborhood. It was applied on the basis of some recommended exercises that appear in the therapeutics physical culture program, starting from the importance of the weekly intensity dosage, the exercises order, the incorporation of other exercises for the weight work and the organization for the exercises application. Empirical and theoretical methods were used to characterize the sample and to compile information for evaluating the effectiveness of the applied methodology. As a result the study group showed a better control of their blood pressure in the three stages of the methodology and the improvement on anthropometrics, physical and functional indicators. This topic is very important because it helps patients to have a better control of their illness, besides the risky factors of this dangerous pathology are reduced.