Reliability of non-invasive blood pressure measurement during heavy resistance exercise: A pilot study

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reliability of non-invasive blood pressure measurement during heavy resistance exercise

T2 - A pilot study

AU - Ipsen, K.

AU - Couppé, C.

AU - Neergaard, C.

AU - Prescott, E. I.

AU - Magnusson, S. P.

AU - Dall, C. H.

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - It is largely unknown how much heavy resistance exercise induces an acute increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and whether such increase can be measured in a reliable manner with non-invasive equipment. We aimed to investigate test-retest (day-to-day) reproducibility of acute SBP response during heavy resistance exercise using a non-invasive methodology (Nexfin), which provides continuous hemodynamics in real time. Blood pressure was measured in 10 lean, healthy men (mean age 38 years.) during 3 × 8 repetition maximum leg press machine performance on two different days 48 hours apart. Systematic differences in SBP between day 1 and day 2 were analyzed by paired t test. A correlation analysis using Pearson's product-moment determined the strength of the relationship of SBP between test days. No systematic bias between test days was found for SBP (day 1; 206 ± 19 vs day 2; 203 ± 20, P =.34). There was a significant correlation between measurements recorded SBP on test day 1 and day 2 (r =.88, P <.001). Limits of agreement were acceptable (upper 15.1 vs lower −21.0), and within-subject SBP variation was 3.2%. Findings suggest a non-invasive blood pressure device being reliable in measuring SBP pressure from day-to-day in lean, healthy men during heavy resistance exercise.

AB - It is largely unknown how much heavy resistance exercise induces an acute increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and whether such increase can be measured in a reliable manner with non-invasive equipment. We aimed to investigate test-retest (day-to-day) reproducibility of acute SBP response during heavy resistance exercise using a non-invasive methodology (Nexfin), which provides continuous hemodynamics in real time. Blood pressure was measured in 10 lean, healthy men (mean age 38 years.) during 3 × 8 repetition maximum leg press machine performance on two different days 48 hours apart. Systematic differences in SBP between day 1 and day 2 were analyzed by paired t test. A correlation analysis using Pearson's product-moment determined the strength of the relationship of SBP between test days. No systematic bias between test days was found for SBP (day 1; 206 ± 19 vs day 2; 203 ± 20, P =.34). There was a significant correlation between measurements recorded SBP on test day 1 and day 2 (r =.88, P <.001). Limits of agreement were acceptable (upper 15.1 vs lower −21.0), and within-subject SBP variation was 3.2%. Findings suggest a non-invasive blood pressure device being reliable in measuring SBP pressure from day-to-day in lean, healthy men during heavy resistance exercise.

U2 - 10.1002/tsm2.2018.1.issue-2

DO - 10.1002/tsm2.2018.1.issue-2

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2573-8488

VL - 1

SP - 89

EP - 94

JO - Translational Sports Medicine

JF - Translational Sports Medicine

IS - 2

ER -