Stretching effects on elderly with high blood pressure
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Systemic arterial hypertension
- Registration Number
- RBR-9fb24p
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Hypertensive aged between 60 and 80 years of age
Exclusion Criteria
Have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, limited locomotion and mobility and absence on the sessions over than 25%
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Blood pressure reduction assessed by the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring after a period of 16 weeks of stretching training, after verification of, at least 5% between the stretching and control groups, and comparing the moments before and after the experimental period;Improvement in flexibility of the lower limbs assessed by the toe-touch test after a period of 16 weeks of stretching training, after verification of, at least 5% between the stretching and control groups, and comparing the moments before and after the experimental period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in autonomic control assessed by heart rate variabilidadeafter a period of 16 weeks of stretching training, after verification of, at least 5% between the stretching and control groups, and comparing the moments before and after the experimental period