“…Forty‐seven studies reported the chronic changes in resting blood pressure after isometric handgrip training (Ahmed et al, 2019; Allen et al, 2003; Alomari et al, 2010; Baddeley‐White et al, 2019; Badrov, Bartol, et al, 2013; Badrov, Horton, et al, 2013, 2016; Bank et al, 1998; Baross et al, 2017; Bentley et al, 2018; Cahu Rodrigues et al, 2020; Carlson et al, 2016; Correia et al, 2020; Dempster et al, 2018; Dobrosielski et al, 2009; Farah et al, 2018; Gandhi, 2016; Garg et al, 2014; Goessler et al, 2018; Herrod et al, 2019; Hess et al, 2016; Howden et al, 2002; Lara et al, 2015; McGowan et al, 2006; McGowan, Levy, et al, 2007; McGowan, Visocchi, et al, 2007; Millar et al, 2007, 2008, 2013; Mortimer & McKune, 2011; Ogbutor et al, 2019; Okamoto et al, 2020; Pagonas et al, 2017; Peters et al, 2006, Punia & Kulandaivelan, 2020; Ray & Carrasco, 2000; Saito et al, 2009; Sinoway et al, 1996; Somani et al, 2017, 2018; Somers et al, 1992; Souza et al, 2020; Stiller‐Moldovan et al, 2012; Taylor et al, 2003; Wiley et al, 1992; Yamagata & Sako, 2020; Zhang, 2003) (Table 2). In total, 22 studies included a nonexercise control group, three studies included a sham‐control group, one study provided a lifestyle modification program to both treatment and control groups, and 21 studies only had one or multiple isometric handgrip training groups.…”