Dina Nashaat Fayek Youssef <br/><br/>
Effect of diaphragmatic breathing from sitting versus supine on essential hypertension /  
 تأثير تمرينات الحجاب الحاجز التنفسى من وضع الجلوس مقابل الاسترخاء على الظهرعلى مرض  ضغط الدم المرتفع الأساسي    
Dina Nashaat Fayek Youssef ; Supervised Zahra Mohamed  Hassan Serry , Bassem Elzaref Fouad , Gihan Samir Mohamed 
 - Cairo :   Dina Nashaat Fayek Youssef ,   2015 
 - 109 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardioplmonary and Geriatrics Disorders 
<br/><br/> Background: Hypertension is one of the most common worldwide diseases  afflicting humans. It is a major health problem throughout the world because of  its high prevalence and its association with increased risk of cardiovascular  disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of  diaphragmatic breathing exercise on arterial blood pressure from sitting versus  supine position in essential hypertension. Results: The results  revealed that there was highly statistically significant reduction in Arterial  Blood Pressure in both Group A and Group B. but there wasnt statistically  significant reduction in Arterial Blood Pressure between two groups. There  was improvement in Group A than Group B. In Group A, the percentage of  improvement for SBP and DBP was 6.11%  and 4.06% , respectively. In  Group B, the percentage of improvement for SBP and DBP was 4.11%  and  3.21%  respectively. Conclusion: There was improvement in Arterial blood  pressure after diaphragmatic breathing exercise from either sitting or supine  positions in favour of diaphragmatic breathing exercise from sitting position.   
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Diaphragmatic breathing exercise  Essential hypertension  Sitting  position