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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01371370
Date of registration: 09/06/2011
Primary sponsor: Florida State University
Public title: Low-intensity Resistance Exercise and Diet on Arterial Function and Blood Pressure
Scientific title: Effects of Low-intensity Resistance Exercise Training and Diet on Central Hemodynamics and Arterial Stiffness in Obese Middle-aged Women With High Blood Pressure
Date of first enrolment: December 2010
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01371370
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Basic Science  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Arturo Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  Florida State University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Female

- 40 to 65 years of age

- Body mass index of 27-39.9

- Sedentary or low active (less than 2 hr per wk)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Younger than 40 or older than 65 years of age

- Body mass index lower than 27, or 40 or higher

- Physically active or competitively active

- Smoker

- Systolic blood pressure higher than 140 mmHg

- Use of hormone replacement therapy of less than 1 yr

- Use of calcium channel blocker or beta blockers

- Type 1 diabetes

- Uncontrolled type 2 diabetes



Age minimum: 40 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Obesity
Pre-hypertension
Intervention(s)
Other: Hypocaloric diet
Other: Resistance exercise training
Other: Resistance exercise training & diet
Primary Outcome(s)
Blood pressure [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Arterial Stiffness [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Autonomic Function [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Body Composition [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Endothelial Function [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Pressure Wave Reflection [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
2011.5485
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Nutrisystem, Inc.
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