Effects of Isometric Exercises on Balance, Heart Rate, Pulse Ox and Blood Pressure
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 发起方
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Changes in Heart Rate
研究概览
简要总结
Determine the effects repeated isometric exercises have on balance, blood pressure, heart rate and pulse ox. Another outcome measure will be a mental speed test (how quickly a subject can process information and make decisions based upon that information).
详细描述
Subjects will complete a mental speed test and will undergo Computerized Dynamic Posturography (CDP) testing using the modified Clinical Testing of Sensory Integration in Balance (mCTSIB) protocol: the subjects will be required to stand on a hard or compliant surface (a 4" tall foam cushion of known mechanical properties) in a comfortable posture, feet shoulder width, with eyes open or closed, head straight and arms to the side and free to move, gazing forward, and breathing normally. Immediately prior to the CDP testing, subjects will have their heart rate, blood pressure and pulse Ox measured. These will constitute the baseline information.
Subjects will then be divided into two groups: the isometric exercise group (they will be instructed to perform specific isometric exercises three times a week, for the next 8 weeks) and the control group (no exercises will be prescribe to them).
The same testing procedure indicated above will be followed at the end of the 8 weeks. The mental speed test, CDP testing, heart rate, blood pressure and pulse Ox will constitute the follow-up information.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Single (Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthy individuals
排除标准
- •Any pathology preventing the subject to safely perform the isometric exercises (the clinician enrolling the subjects will make the decision)
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in Heart Rate
时间窗: Baseline and at 8 weeks
Changes in heart rate at rest will be assessed between baseline (at enrollment) and after the treatment period. It will be used to investigate if isometric exercises affect it and how much.
次要结局
- Changes in Stability Score(Baseline and at 8 weeks)
- Changes in Blood Pressure(Baseline and at 8 weeks)
- Changes in Mental Speed(Baseline and at 8 weeks)
研究者
Frederick Carrick, PhD, FACCN
Principal investigator
Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies