Physiotherapy and its effect on blood pressure

Completed

• Conditions: osteoarthritis; arterial hypertension; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis; Cardiovascular - Hypertension

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000759291
• Lead Sponsor: Jose Luiz Tatagiba Lamas

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

Esperimental group: patients with osteoarthritis whose Lequesne Index was below 14, with a medical diagnosis of arterial hypertension and under drug treatment. Control group: patients without osteoarthritis and with blood pressure less than 120/80.

Exclusion Criteria

Diseases (other than knee osteoarthritis) or surgical procedures that could affect lower limbs. Use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs during the preceding 24 hours.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood pressure measured by an automatic sphygmomanometer.[Blood pressure was measured at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 and 120 minutes after the beginning of the session.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
il[Nil]