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Journal Article 
Review 
Exercise for Hypertension: A Prescription Update Integrating Existing Recommendations with Emerging Research 
Pescatello, LS; Macdonald, HV; Lamberti, L; Johnson, BT; , 
2015 
1 
Current Hypertension Reports
ISSN: 1522-6417
EISSN: 1534-3111 
17 
11 
87 
English 
26423529 
WOS:000363026000001 
Hypertension is the most common, costly, and preventable cardiovascular disease risk factor. Numerous professional organizations and committees recommend exercise as initial lifestyle therapy to prevent, treat, and control hypertension. Yet, these recommendations differ in the components of the Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type (FITT) principle of exercise prescription (Ex Rx); the evidence upon which they are based is only of fair methodological quality; and the individual studies upon which they are based generally do not include people with hypertension, which are some of the limitations in this literature. The purposes of this review are to (1) overview the professional exercise recommendations for hypertension in terms of the FITT principle of Ex Rx; (2) discuss new and emerging research related to Ex Rx for hypertension; and (3) present an updated FITT Ex Rx for adults with hypertension that integrates the existing recommendations with this new and emerging research.