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. 2015 Jun 27;7(2):119–123. doi: 10.1007/s13340-015-0217-z

Table 2.

Acute effects on heart rate and systolic and diastolic blood pressure

(a)
Walking speed	Heart rate (beats/min)
Walking speed	0 min	15 min	30 min
Natural	80.8 ± 4.4	88.3 ± 3.5	89.4 ± 3.2
10 % fast	80.0 ± 4.6	93.0 ± 4.2^a	95.0 ± 4.5^a
20 % fast	81.2 ± 3.9	97.8 ± 3.0^a	102.6 ± 3.7^a

(b)
Walking speed	Systolic pressure
Walking speed	0 min	15 min	30 min
Natural	135.4 ± 5.2	143.1 ± 4.2	145.7 ± 4.1
10 % fast	134.4 ± 3.7	147.9 ± 4.0^a	150.0 ± 5.3^a
20 % fast	133.0 ± 3.3	148.5 ± 3.6^a	151.9 ± 3.8^a

(c)
Walking speed	Diastolic pressure
Walking speed	0 min	15 min	30 min
Natural	77.0 ± 6.2	79.9 ± 5.6	81.6 ± 6.0
10 % fast	76.4 ± 5.4	84.0 ± 4.3^a	85.7 ± 4.5^a
20 % fast	76.1 ± 4.5	87.7 ± 3.8^a	89.6 ± 3.5^a

^aStatistically significant difference compared with natural walking