Chronic and Acute Effects of Resistance Exercise on Older Subjects' Blood Pressure

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01113203

Acronym

RTBP

Enrollment

Registered

2010-04-29

Start date

2008-01-31

Completion date

2008-12-31

Last updated

2010-04-29

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Conditions

Blood Pressure

Keywords

resistance training, blood pressure, hemodynamics, autonomic, Elderly Subjects

Brief summary

The study aimed to evaluate the chronic and acute effects of high-intensity resistance training on blood pressure and its hemodynamic and neural determinators in healthy normotensive older subjects.

Detailed description

To investigate the chronic and acute effects of resistance training on blood pressure and its hemodynamic and neural determinators in elderly, 24 healthy normotensive older subjects were randomly divided into 2 groups: trained and control. The trained group was submitted a progressive high-intensity resistance training. Before and after 16 weeks, as well as, before and after the one training session, blood pressure (clinic and ambulatory), cardiac output (CO2 rebreathing), and autonomic modulation (spectral analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variabilities) were measured

Interventions

BEHAVIORALResistance training

Progressive high intensity resistance training performed twice a week for 16 weeks, and achieving in 7 exercises for the main muscles, the protocol of 4 sets of 6RM and 2 of 4RM.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

60 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age 60 to 80 years * Normotensives * Nonactive

Exclusion criteria

* Cardiovascular disease * Cardiovascular medication * Orthopedic problems

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
blood pressure	16 weeks	Blood pressure was measured by auscultatory, oscillometric and photoplethysmographic device

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
cardiovascular hemodynamics	16 weeks	cardiac output (CO2 rebreathing technique)
cardiovascular autonomic modulation	16 weeks	Spectral analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variabillity

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026