Biomedical Science

Experimental Design
Heart Pressure
Does Contraction Of Your Muscles Affect Your
Blood Pressure?
Hypothesis: If You Arm Wrestle Then Our
Blood Pressure Will Go Up
Materials: Stethoscope, Digital/Manual
Sphygmomanometer, Computer, and Arms
Procedures:
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Take Automatic Resting Pressure

Rest 5 Minutes
Take Manual Resting Pressure
Rest 5 Minutes
Arm Wrestle
Take Manual Pressure
Rest 5 Minutes
Arm Wrestle
Take Automatic Pressure

10.Repeat For Every Person

Observations: We Observed That The

Resting Blood Pressure Was Lower Than
When We Arm Wrestled.
Automatic Testing
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0

Brandon

Kevin

Miguel

Bryan

Resting Systolic

Resting Diastolic

After Arm Wrestle Systolic

After Arm Wrestle Diastolic

Pedro

Manual teSTING

Brandon

Resting Systolic

Resting Diastolic

After Arm Werstle Systolic

After Arm Restle Diastolic

Ke v i n

Mig u e l

B r ya n

Pe d ro

The Data Told Us That Muscle Contraction

Raises The Blood Pressure.
Conclusion: The Hypothesis Was Correct
Because The Arm Wrestle Did Bring Up The
Blood Pressure.
We Learned That Arm Wrestling And Muscle
Contraction Does Raise Up The Blood
Pressure. We Could Have Modified The
Experiment By Finding Out If It Was The
Emotions That Brought Up The Blood
Pressure.