Effect of Water Exercise on blood pressure in postmenopausal women with High Blood Pressure
- Conditions
- Arterial hypertensionpost-menopause
- Registration Number
- RBR-7qts75k
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculdade de Educação Física e Fisiotrapia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Women aged between 45 and 65 years; postmenopausal women (1 year of permanent amenorrhea); hypertensive patients properly medicated, not practicing physical exercises regularly and systematically for at least three months; not having musculoskeletal problems or cardiovascular complications that prevent physical exercise; present a medical certificate proving that you are fit for physical exercise; no history of stroke or acute myocardial infarction; not to smoke; not having a diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus; not practice physical exercises during the evaluation period; not have a pacemaker.
Having any cardiovascular complications during collections; not attending all tests and sessions.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find a significant drop in office and ambulatory blood pressure after exercise (post-exercise hypotension).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find a reduction in blood glucose after physical exercise, improvement in blood pressure reactivity to stress, changes in salivary markers and heart rate variability.