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A Literature Review: The Effect of Yoga Exercises on Lowering Blood Pressure in the Elderly with Hypertension

Authors
Riska Oktavia1, Iswanti Purwaningsih1, *
1Health Polytechnic Karya Husada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: iswanti.purwaningsih@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Iswanti Purwaningsih
Available Online 29 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-49-7_111How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Yoga Exercise; Elderly; Hypertension; Blood Pressure
Abstract

Hypertension is increase in systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg. Non-pharmacological therapy is one alternative that can be done in elderly with hypertension, namely yoga exercise because it can lower blood pressure. This study purpose was to analyse the effect of yoga exercise on lowering blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension. This research method used a literature review. Journal search sources in this study used google scholars, Garuda Dikti and Data Base with the keywords Yoga Gymnastics, Elderly, Hypertension, Blood Pressure. The results of research from the five journals on the effect of yoga exercise on lowering blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension with a total of 336 respondents obtained the p-value = 0.000 with a value = 0.05 (p<α) this indicates that the decrease in blood pressure is significant after being given yoga exercises 3 times a week in elderly patients with hypertension. A significant review of this literature found that blood pressure before and before yoga exercise showed a decrease in blood pressure which was proven that yoga exercise had an effect on lowering blood pressure.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2021 (BIS-HSS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 December 2022
ISBN
978-2-494069-49-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-49-7_111How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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