Beach Tennis And Hypertension Study
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Beach Tennis session
- Registration Number
- NCT03909308
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
- Brief Summary
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a beach tennis session on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in adults with hypertension. The main hypothesis is that a single session of beach tennis would decrease ambulatory blood pressure compared with a non-exercise control session.
- Detailed Description
In this randomized crossover trial, participants performed randomly assigned two experimental sessions: a beach tennis session and a non-exercise control session. The beach tennis session started with a standardized 5-minute warm-up consisting of basic techniques, followed by three 12-minute beach tennis matches with 2-minute intervals between them. Heart rate and rating of perceived exertion were continuously recorded during the beach tennis session, and enjoyment was measured after the beach tennis session. The control session was performed in seated rest. Both experimental sessions lasted 45 minutes. Ambulatory blood pressure was measured continuously for 24-hour after sessions.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
- Office blood pressure between 130-179 and 80-110 mmHg for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively;
- Non-engaged in structured exercise programs in the last 3 months before the beginning of this study;
- Able to perform the proposed exercises.
- Underlying cardiovascular disease in the last 24 months such as acute myocardial infarction, angina, stroke or heart failure;
- Diseases that reduce life expectancy;
- Smokers;
- BMI >39.9 kg/m²;
- Diabetic proliferative retinopathy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Beach Tennis session Beach Tennis session The participants performed a beach tennis training session throughout 45 min.The session started with a standardized 5-minute warm-up consisting of basic techniques (i.e., serve, volley, forehand, and backhand) followed by three 12-minute beach tennis matches with 2-minute intervals between the games. We used regular beach tennis rules in the game, which was played on a regular beach tennis court (i.e., 16 m long by 8 m wide and net 1.70 m high).
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ambulatory Blood Pressure 24 hours after control and beach tennis sessions Day-time, night-time and 24h ambulatory blood pressure measured through automatic oscillometric device after 45 min of control session and beach tennis session
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Enjoyment (PACES questionnaire) 5 minutes Enjoyment will be measured after beach tennis session, the scale is composed of 18 items in a bipolar affirmations format (i.e., "amused" versus "not-amused") punctuated in a range from the minimum value "1" to the maximum value "7".
Diastolic blood pressure 45 minutes Diastolic blood pressure in mmHg will be measured using automatic oscillometric before and after each experimental session throughout 45 min.
Blood Pressure Variability 24 hours Systolic and diastolic BP values obtained in the 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, with valid measures included in a programmed software to calculate the average real variability of these measures.
Systolic blood pressure 45 minutes Systolic blood pressure in mmHg will be measured using automatic oscillometric before and after each experimental session throughout 45 min.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
🇧🇷Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil