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Here's a metastudy of 26 studies of the results of handgrip training on systolic blood pressure: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292032/ https://w
by rufus_foreman 5y ago
Here's a metastudy of 26 studies of the results of handgrip training on systolic blood pressure: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292032/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292032/.
The results were that handgrip training for at least 4 weeks reduced blood pressure by around 5 mmHg. Which yes, could lengthen some lives.
Assuming that correlations are spurious is as poor an approach as assuming they are not.
- humanrebar 5y agoWithout understanding of a mechanism we're still talking about correlation, though. Just one backed up by a metastudy.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoNot knowing the cause doesn’t mean much, in terms of valid association, unless the effect deviates as people adopt the correlating behavior. If we don’t know the mechanism but it continues to produce the same result absent other unrelated factors, it’s likely in the chain or determining factors.
- DennisP 5y agoI saw a study like that a year or two ago. It wasn't just correlation, they did an actual clinical trial. They measured BP before intervention, had people do a specific exercise to increase hand strength, had a control group, and measured everybody afterwards.
- agumonkey 5y agoIsn't that a hint at a more general trick ? anything that improve blood pressure should be done a bit ?