Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Response During Exercise and Sexual Activity in Normotensive and Hypertensive Volunteers
- Conditions
- Heart RateBlood Pressure
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Treadmill testingBehavioral: Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Monitoring
- Registration Number
- NCT00143988
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of cardiac work as measured by heart rate and blood pressure during physical exertion compared to sexual activity.
- Detailed Description
Physical exertion will be measured by a standardized treadmill test. Sexual activity will be performed in the study subject's home with his/her spouse or regular partner. Each study subject will wear a blood pressure and heart rate monitor at home during their sexual activity and will be asked to complete a one page diary upon completion of the activity. Normotensive and subject with mild hypertension will be studied to determine if hypertensive subjects have a relatively greater increase in their blood pressure during either physical exercise or sexual activity.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Treadmill Test exertion females Treadmill testing - Treadmill test exertion males Treadmill testing - Sexual activity exertion females Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Monitoring - Sexual activity exertion males Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Monitoring -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method physical stress during exercise during one measured encounter
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
🇺🇸New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States