Isometric handgrip exercise training attenuates blood pressure in prehypertensive subjects at 30% maximum voluntary contraction.

Background: Prehypertension highlights a category of subjects who are at high risk of developing hypertension.

Aim: This study assessed the blood pressure attenuating effect of isometric handgrip exercise in the management of prehypertension.

Materials And Methods: A total of 400 prehypertensive subject with a mean age of 40 ± 10 years and recently diagnosed as prehypertension were recruited for the study.