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Blood Pressure Reactivity After Resistance Exercise in Older Women

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Resistance Exercise Pressor and Neural Responses in Older Women
Interventions
Other: Exercise
Registration Number
NCT03002714
Lead Sponsor
University of Brasilia
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine and compare the effects of two sessions of resistance exercise in blood pressure reactivity to a mental stress test in older hypertensive women.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria

older hypertensive women -

Exclusion Criteria

subjects taking hormonal therapy; those with a history of metabolic, neurologic, or cardiovascular diseases other than HTN, those with a history of cardiovascular events; subjects with physical limitations; those with non-treated HTN; obesity (BMI ≥ 30.0); and subjects taking adrenergic inhibitors or non-dihydropyridinic calcium channel blockers.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ExerciseExercisePerformance of two resistance exercise sessions
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood pressure reactivity to mental stress6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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