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Background：Blood pressure and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) are indicators for cardiovascular disease in clinical setting. Tai Chi has been found reducing blood pressure and arteriosclerosis in healthy adults, but it remains to be clarified whether it has the same effect in middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients who have received drug treatment. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of six-week Tai Chi exercise on blood pressure, baPWV and functional fitness in middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients who had taken medication therapy. Methods: Twenty hypertensive patients (age: 63 ± 6.8 yrs) who have received drug treatment were randomized to Tai Chi group (TC, n=10) training for six weeks, three times a week for 60 minutes each, and control group (NE, n=10) maintaining irregular exercise. Blood pressure, baPWV and functional fitness measurements were measured at the first (PRE) and sixth weeks (POST). TC was also observed for post-exercise hypotension acutely at pre-exercise, 30 and 120 minutes after exercise during the first (F) and last (L) training. Results: After six-week Tai Chi intervention, systolic pressure (POST 123.3 ± 11.6 vs. PRE 132.6 ± 9.6 mmHg) and mean arterial pressure (POST 90.9 ± 6.5 vs. PRE 96.1 ± 7.7 mmHg) of TC at POST were significantly lower than at PRE, separately (p < .05). There were no significant differences of NE group (p > .05); In addition, diastolic pressure, baPWV and ABI were not different in treatment or time factor. In the part of functional fitness, only upper limb flexibility of TC at POST were significantly better than at PRE, and TC was significantly better than NE at POST (p < .05), no significant differences were found in other fitness factors (p > .05). As the post-exercise hypotension, systolic blood pressure had no interaction effect (p > .05), but main effect of time was significant. Both 30 and 120 minutes post-exercise were significantly lower than pre-exercise (p < .05). Diastolic blood pressure had interaction effect (p < .05), and L was significantly lower than F at 30 minutes post-exercise (p < .05). Conclusion: Six-week Tai Chi training can lower resting blood pressure and has synergistic effect in middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients who have received drug treatment. It also improved upper limb flexibility but cannot improve other functional fitness factors and baPWV. In addition, acute hypotension after a single bout of Tai Chi lasted until 120 minutes after exercise and the decrease of diastolic blood pressure at 30 minutes after exercise was greater during L than F.

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