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NCT Number: NCT03214016

Effects of Pilates Method and Aerobic Training in Hypertensive Subjects

This study evaluates the effects of Pilates method and aerobic training in hypertensive subjects. Half of participants will be trained with Pilates, while the other half will be trained with aerobic exercise during 8 weeks.

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Key information

Conditions

Hypertension Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Federal of Santa Maria

Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, 97.105-900, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • subjects with high blood pressure controled by medication;
  • sedentary.

Exclusion criteria

  • IMC≥30 kg/m²
  • using beta blockers
  • smokers or that interrupted the routine less than 6 months
  • musculoskeletal diseases in evolution or with current symptomatic
  • rheumatological diseases
  • other cardiovascular disease
  • renal disease due to hypertension
  • endocrine, neurological, oncological, immunological, hematological and psychiatric diseases.

Treatment and study plan

Aerobic Exercise

Other

1 hour of aerobic training on a treadmill, 3 times a week, during 8 weeks.

Other names: aerobic training

Pilates

Other

1 hour of Mat Pilates, 2 times a week, during 8 weeks.

Other names: Pilates method, Mat Pilates

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline casual systolic blood pressure at 8 weeks

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated with oscillometric method of measuring blood pressure with an automated cuff.

  2. Change from baseline 24-hour systolic blood pressure at 8 weeks

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated by 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Casual diastolic blood pressure

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated with oscillometric method of measuring blood pressure with an automated cuff.

  2. Heart rate variability

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated using a previously validated heart rate monitor Polar 810i, and the results will be analyzed in time- and frequency-domains.

  3. Diastolic and mean blood pressure

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated by 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM)

  4. Functional capacity

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    Evaluate by Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)

  5. Respiratory muscle strength

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    The maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures will be evaluated with manovacuometer

  6. Muscle strength

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    The muscles (quadriceps, gastrocnemius, abdominal and spine extensors) will be evaluated with dynamometer.

  7. Flexibility

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated by bank of Wells test.

  8. Body Mass Index

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be calculated as weight (kg) divided by height squared.

  9. Oxidative damage

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated by advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP)

  10. Antioxidant capacity

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated by total antioxidant capacity (TAC).

  11. Lipid profile

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    By blood analysis (LDL, HDL, total cholesterol, glucose and triglycerides).

  12. Endothelial function

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    By blood analysis (Nitrite measurement/NOx).

  13. Inflammation

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated by C-reactive protein in blood analysis

  14. Creatinine

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    By blood analysis

  15. Lactate

    Time frame: baselina and 8 weeks

    By blood analysis

  16. Creatine kinase

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    By blood analysis

  17. Questionnaire of Quality of life

    Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks

    It will be evaluated by Mini-questionnaire of Quality of Life in Hypertension (MINICHAL)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Pilates Method and Aerobic Training in Hypertensive Subjects: a Randomized Trial

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jul 11, 2017
Registry last updated
May 1, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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