Exercise and Menopausal Hypertension
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Assessment of changes in the systolic blood pressure
研究概览
简要总结
Sixty postmenopausal women participated in this study from gynecological outpatient clinic, at Al-Zahra universal Hospital, Al Azhar University, and Cairo. They were first diagnosed to be hypertensive in their early postmenopausal period .Their blood pressure ranged between 140/90mmHg to 170/105mmHg, their ages ranged from 50 to 60 years and their body mass index ranged from 30:35 kg/m2.
详细描述
The participants were divided randomly according to closed envelop into three equal groups in number: Group A (RE) consisted of twenty women who participated in the resistive exercise program. Group B (AE) group: consisted of twenty women who participated in an aerobic exercise program. All patients in both groups (A & B) participated in the exercises three times per week for twelve weeks and every session lasted for 45 min and continues their antihypertensive medication
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
The allocation was concealed in sequentially numbered opaque envelopes by a blinded and an independent research assistant and selected 69 individuals randomly into the study.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 50 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •All women diagnosed as essential hypertension.
- •All women must be in their early postmenopausal period
排除标准
- •Lesion to higher centers leading to hypertension (embolism)
- •any cardiovascular disease
- •premature menopause
- •surgical menopause
- •severe hypertension
- •under treatment of hormonal therapy.
结局指标
主要结局
Assessment of changes in the systolic blood pressure
时间窗: 12 weeks
using the mercury column sphygmomanometer
次要结局
- Assessment of changes in the diastolic blood pressure(12 weeks)
研究者
Ghada Ebrahim El Refaye
Assistant Professor of physical therapy for women's health
Cairo University