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Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: After the randomization, the intervention will take place for 5 minutes while the test person is sitting.
Group 1 starts with a hot armbath and one week later gets a thermoneutral armbath. D
Sponsors
Unizentrum Naturheilkunde
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - women and men from the age of 18 years with arterial hypertonia and a blood pressure of >90mmHg diastolic and/or >150mmHg systolic at the first date of investigation - sufficient knowledge of German to understand the information for the test person - signed consent form to participate in the study, signed after detailed information
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - diseases like cardiac insufficiency NYHA-stage 4, very advanced tumor diseases, ALS, dementia or psychiatric diseases, that could impede the correct implementation of the study - blood pressure values, that are so elevated, that they need to be treated immediately in the opinion of the leader of the study - expectation of life 60g/d in the last three months
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Do hot arm baths for five minutes, compared to thermoneutral arm baths for five minutes, lead to a reduction of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured after 0, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 90 minutes? - Do hot arm baths for five minutes, compared to thermoneutral arm baths for five minutes, lead to a change of the pulse rate? - Do hot arm baths for five minutes, compared to thermoneutral arm baths for five minutes, lead to a change of skin temperature of hands and feet? - Do changes of the blood pressure correlate with changes of skin temperature of hands and/or feet? (measure of blood pressure and pulse with an electronic blood pressure monitor at the upper arm, as well as a skin temperature measuring tool for the skin temperature) | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Do hot arm baths for five minutes, compared to thermoneutral arm baths for five minutes, lead to a reduction of the diastolic blood pressure measured immediately afterwards? (measure with an electronic blood pressure monitor at the upper arm) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactElisabeth Reiter
Unizentrum NaturheilkundeUniklinik Freiburg
Outcome results
None listed