ABSTRACT

Introduction: Physical activity in children and adolescents has numerous benefi ts for cardiovascular health.

Aim: To determine does physical activity infl uence on blood pressure in children and adolescents.

Materials and methods: Electronic literature search and review of the list of references downloaded articles with keywords “physical activity, blood pressure, children and adolescents.”

Results: In this paper are presented the researches which has shown a clear link between physical activity and decrease blood pressure in children, as well as a review of studies in which the relationship has not been confi rmed. The analysis is ultimately included 12 studies with a total of 12,512 respondents: seven studies (8455 patients) in which is confi rmed and fi ve studies (4057 patients) in which is not confi rmed link between physical activity and blood pressure levels. Seven study was a randomized, 3 randomized, controlled studies and meta-analyzes 2. The paper emphasizes the importance of physical activity as a measure of prevention of cardiovascular disease. These are the current recommendations of the World Health Organization on the preferred level of physical activity in children 5-17 years old.

Conclusion: In many works demonstrated the inverse relationship of physical activity and blood pressure in adults, and in children and adolescents. The strongest evidence exists on the impact of vigorous physical activities in the blood pressure in the pediatric population, and this effect is most obvious in children overweight. Although not shown in all studies, and physical activity lower intensity also brings certain benefi cial effects on blood pressure, but also for cardiovascular health in general.

Key words: physical activity, blood pressure, children, adolescents