Sixty postmenopausal women participated in this study from gynecological outpatient clinic, at Al-Zahra universal Hospital, Al Azhar University, and Cairo. They were first diagnosed to be hypertensive in their early postmenopausal period .Their blood pressure ranged between 140/90mmHg to 170/105mmHg, their ages ranged from 50 to 60 years and their body mass index ranged from 30:35 kg/m2.

The participants were divided randomly according to closed envelop into three equal groups in number: Group A (RE) consisted of twenty women who participated in the resistive exercise program. Group B (AE) group: consisted of twenty women who participated in an aerobic exercise program. All patients in both groups (A & B) participated in the exercises three times per week for twelve weeks and every session lasted for 45 min and continues their antihypertensive medication

Inclusion Criteria:

• All women diagnosed as essential hypertension.
• All women must be in their early postmenopausal period

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lesion to higher centers leading to hypertension (embolism)
• any cardiovascular disease
• premature menopause
• surgical menopause
• severe hypertension
• diabetic
• under treatment of hormonal therapy.

a randomized controlled trial to determine and compare effect of 12 weeks of resistive exercises versus aerobic exercises in treatment of postmenopausal hypertension

from 1 September 2017 to 1 August 2018

The allocation was concealed in sequentially numbered opaque envelopes by a blinded and an independent research assistant and selected 69 individuals randomly into the study.