# Table 4. The influence of blood pressure and Heart rate according to group by 10 weeks, before and after.

Variables | Pre massage | Post massage | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

Exp (I) | Exp (II) | Cont | Exp (I) | Exp (II) | Cont | |

Systolic blood pressure | 157.6 ± 3.7 | 150.1 ± 2.9 | 152.5 ± 2.1 | 139.8 ± 3.0*a
|
135.4 ± 1.7**b
|
147.4 ± 1.8 |

Diastolic blood pressure | 99.9 ± 3.6 | 95.9 ± 2.0 | 101.8 ± 2.2 | 89.6*a ± 2.6 |
84.8 ± 2.4**b
|
98.9 ± 2.0 |

Heart rate | 80.0 ± 7.2 | 81.1 ± 9.1 | 81.5 ± 2.2 | 73.3 ± 7.1 | 77.1 ± 12.8 | 80.1 ± 2.9 |


Values are expressed as mean ± SD, *p<0.05, **p<0.01: Significance different
between pre and post massage. aSignificance different between Exp (I) and
Cont, bSignificance different between Exp (II) and Cont