PURPOSE: This study was based on the PICO framework to systematically evaluate the effects of aerobic exercise on key health management indicators such as blood pressure, heart rate and cardiorespiratory fitness in older hypertensive patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A systematic search of randomized controlled trials from four English language databases, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase, and four Chinese language databases, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, and Sinomed, was performed (April 2014 to April 2024). StataCorp Stata v.18.0 was used for data analysis. In a random-effects meta-analysis, ...
