Acupuncture's effect on blood pressure in Prehypertensive and stage I Hypertensive patients with low cardiovascular risk
- Conditions
- HypertensionPrehypertensionC14
- Registration Number
- RBR-9qnxb9z
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Goiás
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
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Patients aged 18 years or over; prehypertensive or stage 1 hypertensive patients at low cardiovascular risk; not taking antihypertensive medication; evaluated at the screening consultation
Patients with stage 2 or 3 arterial hypertension or stage 1 arterial hypertension of moderate or high cardiovascular risk; using any medication with a known influence on blood pressure; diabetics; nephropaths; patients with a history of coronary artery and/or cerebrovascular disease; heart failure and/or thyroid diseases; with any condition that impairs the afferent and efferent conduction of nervous stimulation; severe blood dyscrasias; use of anticoagulants; skin lesions and/or any condition that makes access to the described acupoints impossible; pregnant and lactating women; with not controlled psychiatric illnesses ; who have received antihypertensive drug treatment in the last 6 months or who have already undergone acupuncture at some point in their lives
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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