Effects of Multicomponent Training Versus Cardiovascular Training as a Treatment for Hypertension in Adult Subjects

Hypertension is the most prevalent risk factor and the third leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for an increase in cardiac events. International guidelines on cardiology and hypertension recommend the practice of regular physical exercise for the control and treatment of this disease. The main objective of the study will be to determine the effect of a Multicomponent Training programme versus a Cardiovascular Training programme on blood pressure levels in hypertensive adults. The work methodology will consist of a controlled, randomised, longitudinal and prospective clinical trial, with several simultaneous study branches; on the one hand, the interventions with Multicomponent Training; on the other hand, the interventions with Cardiovascular Training; and, finally, a control group. The sample will be composed of 75 adult hypertensive subjects, including men and women, divided into groups of 25 people, two intervention groups and one control group. The inclusion criteria will be adult subjects, aged 40-65 years, with controlled arterial hypertension and sedentary. Exclusion criteria will be pregnant women and hypertensive patients with serious diseases that prevent the safe practice of physical exercise. The intervention will last 12 weeks and training will be 2 days per week, 60 minutes per session. The variables of the pre-post intervention study will be haemodynamic parameters; body composition, abdominal perimeter, general and manual strength, cardiorespiratory capacity, lipid profile and glucose.