[On the significance of combined kinesitherapy for the rehabilitation of ageing people with essential hypertension (author's transl)].

Proceeding from their investigations the authors have formulated the following questions: 1. How do ageing people with essential hypertension tolerate sauna treatment (hyperthermia)? 2. What is the optimum thermal load for effective antihypertensive treatment? 3. What is the optimum interval, i.e. how many sauna baths are recommended per week? 4. Does an anti-hypertensive combination therapy consisting of sauna baths and jogging produce the same or even better results in aged hypertensives than sauna treatment on its own?