Evidence Question

Does Exercise therapy improve systolic blood pressure?

Related to: Cardiometabolic Risk

Short answer

Exercise therapy appears to improve systolic blood pressure.

How the evidence connects

Each connection shows the published evidence classification for that intervention and outcome relationship.

Intervention

Exercise therapy

Intervention

Strong
Consistent

3 studies

Outcome

Cardiometabolic Risk

Outcome topic

Why do we say this?

Across 3 randomized trials, findings are consistent and showed an effect on systolic blood pressure with Exercise therapy.

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Supporting research

3 published studys