Physical Therapy for Hypertensive Elderly

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Other: Physical Therapy and education meetings; Other: education meetings

• Registration Number: NCT00611364
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Goias

Brief Summary

Physical therapy for hipertensive elderly: effects in the physical activity and exercise adherence.

Introduction: The arterial hypertension (AH) is a clinical syndrome characterized by blood pressure ≥ 140/90mmHg. Practical of physical activity (PA) and/or physical exercise (PE) is one of the modalities of not farmacological treatment. Hypertensive aged not adhere to this recommendation for presenting factors that make it difficult this practical. Objective: to verify if physical therapy (PT) treatment can improve the AF and EF adhesion of hypertensive aged. Methods: The sample was composed by 43 hypertensive aged of Arterial Hypertensive League of the Federal University of Goiás. Of these, 30 had remained in the study and had been randomized in study group (SG) (16 patients) and control group (CG) (14 patients). SG was submitted of the PT treatment and participated of educative meetings, the CG only participated of the meetings. To evaluate adhesion to the AF was used the pedometer and EF was used a questionnaire of open and closed questions, six minute walk test (6'WT) and ergometric test (ET).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-03
• Primary Completion: 2004-09
• Study Completion: 2005-12
• Status Verified: 2008-01
• Study First Submitted: 2008-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-02-07
• Study First Posted: 2008-02-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2008-10-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• age or over 60 years,
• both sexes,
• regular frequency of hypertension league;
• practice of physical exercise irregular or absent (reported by professionals objectively on the record)and signature of informed consent. -

Exclusion Criteria

• participate in another research project;
• refuse to sign the informed consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Study group	Physical Therapy and education meetings	-
Control group	education meetings	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
to verify if physical therapy (PT) treatment can improve the AF and EF adhesion of hypertensive aged	nine months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate adhesion to the AF was used the pedometer and EF was used a questionnaire of open and closed questions, six minute walk test (6'WT) and ergometric test (ET)	Nine months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás; 🇧🇷 Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil