Blood Pressure Reactivity After Resistance Exercise in Older Women

The purpose of this study is to determine and compare the effects of two sessions of resistance exercise in blood pressure reactivity to a mental stress test in older hypertensive women.

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Key information

Conditions

Resistance Exercise Pressor and Neural Responses in Older Women Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Cardiovascular Diseases Hypertension Stress, Psychological Vascular Diseases

Age range

60 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

older hypertensive women -

Exclusion criteria

subjects taking hormonal therapy; those with a history of metabolic, neurologic, or cardiovascular diseases other than HTN, those with a history of cardiovascular events; subjects with physical limitations; those with non-treated HTN; obesity (BMI ≥ 30.0); and subjects taking adrenergic inhibitors or non-dihydropyridinic calcium channel blockers.

Treatment and study plan

Exercise

Other

Primary outcomes

Blood pressure reactivity to mental stress

Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Brasilia

Other

Collaborators

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Registry information

Official study title

BLOOD PRESSURE REACTIVITY TO MENTAL STRESS IS ATTENUATED FOLLOWING RESISTANCE EXERCISE IN ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVE WOMEN

Important dates

Study start: 2014
Primary completion: 2015
Study completion: 2015
First posted: Dec 26, 2016
Registry last updated: Dec 26, 2016

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