Broad‐spectrum health improvements with one year of soccer training in inactive mildly hypertensive middle‐aged women

The study tested the hypothesis that long‐term soccer training has positive impact on cardiovascular profile, body composition, bone health, and physical capacity in inactive, pre‐menopausal women with mild hypertension. The study applied a randomized controlled design in which physically inactive middle‐aged women were separated into a soccer training group (n=19; SOC ) and a control group (n=12; CON ). SOC performed 128±29 (± SD ) one‐h...