Post-Exercise Hypotension After Water Exercise

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
• Main ID: NCT03112070
• Date of registration: 03/04/2017
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
• Public title: Post-Exercise Hypotension After Water Exercise
• Scientific title: Post-Exercise Hypotension After Water Exercise in Older Women With Hypertension: A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial
• Date of first enrolment: April 4, 2016
• Target sample size: 24
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03112070
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Brazil

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

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.



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Female

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Postexercise Hypotension

Intervention(s)

Other: Water aerobic exercise session (WATER)

Primary Outcome(s)

Blood pressure measurements [Time Frame: 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring after water exercise]

Secondary ID(s)

Water Exercise

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors