12 Weeks of Resistance Band Exercise Impacts on Adiposity, Hormones, and Blood Pressure in Postmenopausal Women

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hormone Disturbance; Hypertension; Adiposity
• Interventions: Other: No exercise intervention group; Other: Resistance band exercise intervention

• Registration Number: NCT03919201
• Lead Sponsor: Pusan National University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of a 12-week resistance band exercise program on body composition, aging-related hormones, and blood pressure in postmenopausal women with stage 1 hypertension. Twenty postmenopausal women with hypertension participated in this study. Participants were randomly allocated into the resistance band training group (EX, n = 10) or the control group (CON, n = 10). The EX group performed a resistance band exercise training program at jump rope training program at 40-70% of their heart rate reserve (HRR) 5 days/week for 12 weeks (sessions 60 minutes in duration). The CON group did not participate in any exercise, dietary, or behavioral intervention. Body composition, aging-related hormones (growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1, dehydroepiandrosterone, and estradiol), and blood pressure were measured before and after the 12-weeks study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-07-01
• Study Completion: 2018-08-01
• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-15
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-18
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-27
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• postmenopausal
• hypertensive
• sedentary (no regular exercise training or physical activity within previous year)

Exclusion Criteria

• premenopausal
• renal, pulmonary, and/or heart disease
• regularly physically active

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control group	No exercise intervention group	No exercise intervention
Resistance band exercise intervention	Resistance band exercise intervention	Exercise intervention group (resistance band exercise training for 12 weeks, 5x per week, for 60 minutes per day).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
estradiol	12 weeks	Estradiol levels were measured pre- and post-exercise in picograms per milliliter (pg/mL)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Song-Young Park; 🇺🇸 Omaha, Nebraska, United States