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Dr. Linda Pescatello
Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut
Exercise and high blood pressure • post-exercise drop in blood pressure • personalised exercise prescription
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Focus: How exercise lowers blood pressure and how to tailor it to the individual
Exercise scientist and Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, focused on how exercise lowers blood pressure. Studies the drop in blood pressure that follows a single session and how to tailor exercise to the individual, including using that short-term response to guide treatment. Draws primarily from clinical exercise trials and meta-analyses and has helped write professional exercise recommendations for hypertension; her view that exercise can match medication rests partly on indirect comparisons.