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Article: Blood pressure assessment guidelines and recommendations. (Tech Brief).
- Article from:
- American Fitness
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
- Author:
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The American Heart Association reports that one in rive Americans (one in four adults) has high blood pressure. Unfortunately, 31.6 percent are not aware of their condition. Furthermore, of all people with high blood pressure, 14.8 percent are not in therapy (i.e. special diet or medication), 26.2 percent have inadequate therapy and only 27.4 percent are in adequate therapy. With high blood pressure being such a widespread problem in the United States, how often should blood pressure be assessed and monitored in clients involved in exercise programs?
Before starting an exercise program, all clients should be pre-screened to assess their cardiovascular risk status ...