NCT04936022

Isometric Exercise for People With Raised Blood Pressure

Feasibility Study to Assess the Delivery of a Novel Isometric Exercise Intervention for People With Stage 1 Hypertension in the NHS

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

High blood pressure affects many people in the United Kingdom. People with raised blood pressure (140-159/90-99 mmHg) are recommended to make changes in their lifestyle (e.g. smoking/alcohol/diet/exercise) and/or medication in order to reduce their blood pressure. Current knowledge suggests that a particular type of exercise - isometric exercise - can lower blood pressure. Isometric exercise involves holding a fixed body position for a short period of time. As most of the information about the benefits of this type of exercise comes from laboratory-based studies, researchers want to find out if it is possible for GP practices to offer NHS patients with clinically high blood pressure an isometric exercise plan to do at home and how it might affect their blood pressure over 6 months. They will also find out the experiences of those doing this type of exercise and whether it can be done consistently at home over time.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Isometric Exercise	Prescribed 6 months of isometric exercise training (three sessions per week, comprised of 4 x 2-minute bouts with 2-minute recovery periods in-between).
BEHAVIORAL	Standard care lifestyle advice	Healthy lifestyle advice for hypertension, given by a healthcare professional.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-01
• Primary completion: 2022-11-30
• Completion: 2022-11-30
• First posted: 2021-06-23
• Last updated: 2023-09-15

Locations

6 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom