NCT03531034

Ambulatory and Blood Pressure Variability Responses to Exercise in Normotensive and Hypertensive Women

Ambulatory and Blood Pressure Variability Responses to Combined Exercise in Normotensive and Hypertensive Menopausal Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Uberlandia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluated the differences between normotensive and hypertensive menopausal women in ambulatory and blood pressure variability responses to combined aerobic and resistance exercise.

Detailed description

The differences in hypotensive and cardioprotective responses of exercise among menopausal hypertensive and normotensive women are still not very clear, mainly the responses of blood pressure variability. In this way, were evaluated 6 indices related to the variability of 24 hour ambulatory pressure measurements in these women before and after 12 weeks of combined exercise training.

Conditions

• Menopause
• Exercise
• Blood Pressure, High

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Combined Exercise Training	The program consisted of 30 sessions of combined aerobic and resistance exercises training during 10 consecutive weeks. Each session lasted 45 minutes and consisted of 5 minutes warm-up, 20 minutes of resistance exercise and 20 minutes of aerobic exercise. The resistance training was performed in two sets of 15 repetitions in seven exercises of weight training (Based on 1 repetition maximum test - 1RM) for large muscle groups. The aerobic exercise was performed on a treadmill, at a speed of 5.5 km/h and intensity (imposed by treadmill inclination and heart rate) between ventilatory threshold 1 and 2 intensities. After 5 weeks of training, 1RM test was performed again to readjust the resistance load and aerobic intensity was readjusted by heart rate predicted in the incremental test.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-25
• Completion: 2016-12-25
• First posted: 2018-05-21
• Last updated: 2021-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil