A new study to be published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology studied the effects of a single bout of isometric handgrip therapy on systolic blood pressure and the autonomic nervous system. Canadian researchers found that in healthy normotensive individuals a single session of Zona Plus therapy resulted in a brief, instantaneous reduction in systolic blood pressure and a change in the autonomic nervous system. It is hypothesized that it could be these changes that lead to the long term alterations in blood pressure and nervous system activity observed with long term use of the Zona Plus.
The article was accepted July 21, 2009 and it can be found via DOI 10.1007/s00421-009-1142-2.
