Effects of the Mat Pilates program as a treatment modality for improving blood pressure, vascular function, and autonomic nervous system function, which are major disease indicators in elevated blood pressure and hypertension stage 1 patients

Effects of 8-week of mat Pilates exercise on blood pressure, vascular function, and autonomic nervous system function in adults with elevated blood pressure and hypertension stage 1

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0010502

Enrollment

Registered

2025-05-22

Start date

2024-05-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-05-26

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Behavioral : The experimental group participated in the Matte Pilates program, which consisted of 25 movements, and visited the program three times a week for eight weeks. The exercise program lasted

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The subjects of the study were recruited adult males with elevated blood pressure or hypertension stage 1 between the ages of 30-50 years without exercise experience and other chronic diseases during the last 6 months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Those who have severe cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, and endocrine disease within 6 months from the date of examination. 2. Uncontrolled hypertension. 3. A person who has eaten drugs or health functional foods that may affect research results within 1 month from the date of examination. 4. A person who has participated in a hypertension management program within 3 months from the date of examination. 5. Smoking and drug addicts (including alcohol). 6. A person who the researcher deems unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Body composition: body weight (kg), height (cm), BMI (kg/m²), lean body mass (kg), fat mass (kg), lean body percentage (%), and body fat percentage (%).;lood pressure: heart rate (bpm), systolic blood pressure (mmHg), diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean arterial pressure (mmHg), pulse pressure (mmHg), and double product (DP).;Vascular function: arterial stiffness and endothelial function. Arterial stiffness will be evaluated using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and ankle-brachial index (ABI). Endothelial function will be assessed using flow-mediated dilation (FMD).;Autonomic nervous system function: Heart rate variability(HRV) will be recorded, and time and frequency domain measures such as standard deviation of R-R intervals(SDNN), the square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent NN intervals(RMSSD), the proportion derived by dividing NN50 by total number of NN intervals(pNN50), low frequency(LF), high frequency(HF), and ratio of low frequency and high frequency(LF/HF) ratio will be analyzed.	—

Measure

Time frame

Body composition: body weight (kg), height (cm), BMI (kg/m²), lean body mass (kg), fat mass (kg), lean body percentage (%), and body fat percentage (%).;lood pressure: heart rate (bpm), systolic blood pressure (mmHg), diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean arterial pressure (mmHg), pulse pressure (mmHg), and double product (DP).;Vascular function: arterial stiffness and endothelial function. Arterial stiffness will be evaluated using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and ankle-brachial index (ABI). Endothelial function will be assessed using flow-mediated dilation (FMD).;Autonomic nervous system function: Heart rate variability(HRV) will be recorded, and time and frequency domain measures such as standard deviation of R-R intervals(SDNN), the square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent NN intervals(RMSSD), the proportion derived by dividing NN50 by total number of NN intervals(pNN50), low frequency(LF), high frequency(HF), and ratio of low frequency and high frequency(LF/HF) ratio will be analyzed.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Health-related physical fitness: muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, balance, and cardiorespiratory endurance.	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactYerin Sun

Konkuk University

edre82@konkuk.ac.kr+82-2-450-3949

Outcome results