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Conditions
Brief summary
To determine whether slow loaded breathing (SLB) training combine with minimal load at 5 cmH2O and 7 cmH2O has advantage of reducing resting home blood pressure and heart rate compared to normal daily activities in patient with essential hypertension. Materials and Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, forty-five patients with essential hypertension stage I or II. The training program was performed slow breathing training combine with minimal load at 5 cmH2O and 7 cmH2O at home for 30 minutes/session, 2 sessions/day with at least 30 minutes rest between sessions, every day for 8 weeks. Control (CON) group continued with normal daily activities. Measurement of resting blood pressure and heart rate at home and laboratory before and after the training on a daily basis.
Interventions
This intervention will be delivered by a physiotherapist. It involves slow breathing training using a minimal load of either 5 cmH2O or 7 cmH2O, which was set by the depth of water
in the bottle and controlled respiratory rate at 6 breaths per minute. The paced breathing was first practiced using metronome in the laboratory and create familiarity with training until patients comfortably while training at 1 week before starting the home training program. The training program was performed slow b
This intervention will be delivered by a physiotherapist. It involves slow breathing training using a minimal load of either 5 cmH2O or 7 cmH2O, which was set by the depth of water in the bottle and controlled respiratory rate at 6 breaths per minute. The paced breathing was first practiced using metronome in the laboratory and create familiarity with training until patients comfortably while training at 1 week before starting the home training program. The training program was performed slow breathing training combine with minimal load at 5 cmH2O and 7 cmH2O at home for 30 minutes/session, 2 sessions/day with at least 30 minutes rest between sessions, every day for 8 weeks. Logbook used to assess or monitor adherence to the intervention. The training load of 5 cmH2O and 7 cmH2O were applied to separate groups of participants.
Sponsors
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 59 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria were subjects aged 30 to 59 years were I to II stage of essential hypertension, defined as average SBP 140-179 mmHg and DBP 90-109 mmHg based on recommendation of JNC-VII (Chobanian AV et al. 2007) with stable controlled hypertension before the study, good communication and co-operation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria were secondary hypertension, use beta-blockers, heart disease (coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, etc.), respiratory disease (asthma, chronic bronchitis), neuromuscular disease (muscle weakness, cerebrovascular disease, etc.), renal disease, metabolic syndrome, aortic aneurysm.
Outcome results
None listed