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Searches were carried out following the PRISMA guidelines (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses), and the research question defined using the PICOS approach (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes, Study design). The search strategy applied the following terms: blood pressure OR hypertension AND exercise OR physical activity AND telemedicine. The initial search identified 2190 records, but only 19 studies were considered eligible after checking for the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The following training variables were generally included: heart rate and heart rate reserve, respiratory rate, rate of perceived exertion and oxygen consumption, but no resistance training variables were found. The significant improvements on blood pressure parameters of participants diagnosed with hypertension tended to be transient. The exercise prescription was commonly based on general instructions and recommendations for exercise and hypertension. On the other hand, most of the studies including patients in cardiac rehabilitation programs used a personalized training program based on a baseline assessment, particularly following a cardiopulmonary exercise test. The inclusion of exercise professionals in multidisciplinary teams could provide a more person-oriented approach and the long-term maintenance of a healthy lifestyle.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ejihpe12040027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,27]],"date-time":"2022-03-27T21:27:51Z","timestamp":1648416471000},"page":"363-386","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["The Contribution of Exercise in Telemedicine Monitoring in Reducing the Modifiable Factors of Hypertension\u2014A Multidisciplinary Approach"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8861-3095","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Silvane","family":"Viana","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Education and Social Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411 Leiria, Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rog\u00e9rio","family":"Salvador","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Education and Social Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411 Leiria, Portugal"},{"name":"Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), 2411 Leiria, Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5956-9790","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro","family":"Morou\u00e7o","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Education and Social Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411 Leiria, Portugal"},{"name":"Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411 Leiria, Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0441-4668","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ricardo","family":"Rebelo-Gon\u00e7alves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Education and Social Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411 Leiria, Portugal"},{"name":"Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), 2411 Leiria, Portugal"},{"name":"Research Unit for Sport and Physical Activity (CIDAF\u2014uid\/dtp04213\/2020), University of Coimbra, 3040 Coimbra, Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1223","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(20)30752-2","article-title":"Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990\u20132019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019","volume":"396","author":"Murray","year":"2020","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"WHO (2009). 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