Post-Exercise Hypotension After Water Exercise (NCT03112070) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Post-Exercise Hypotension After Water Exercise
Brazil24 participantsStarted 2016-04-04
Plain-language summary
Hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular disease risk factor among individuals 60 years of age and older. Hypertension can be prevented and modified with lifestyle interventions that include regular exercise. Water exercise is widely recommended for older adults for a variety of health benefits, but few studies have assessed the immediate ambulatory blood pressure (BP) response to water exercise, a response termed postexercise hypotension (PEH). We will assess PEH after a session of water aerobics in physically active, older women with hypertension. Twenty-four women will be randomly assign to participate in a 45 min session of moderate intensity, water aerobics (WATER) and a 45 min land control session (CONTROL). All experimental sessions will start at 9 am sharply with 7 days between them. Subjects will left the experiments wearing an ambulatory BP monitor for the next 21 hr.
Who can participate
Age range
65 Years – 80 Years
Sex
FEMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* resting SBP ≤ 160 mmHg and DBP ≤ 100 mmHg documented by a physician;
* 65 to 80 years of age;
* physically active on land but not water (exercising 3 or more days per week as determined by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire long-form).
Exclusion Criteria:
* any febrile condition and/or infectious diseases;
* no other chronic diseases or conditions other than hypertension;
* body mass index (BMI) \> 35 kg/m2;
* active smoker;
* physical or mental limitations that prevent exercising.
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What they're measuring
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Blood pressure measurements
Timeframe: 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring after water exercise
Trial details
NCT IDNCT03112070
SponsorInstituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul