Hypertension
Conditions
Keywords
hypertension
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength in a group of elderly women with hypertension before and after a respiratory muscle training.
Detailed description
It is a respiratory muscle training using the Threshold for 5 weeks, with a load of 30% of maximal inspiratory pressure obtained in manometer for 30 minutes daily. Furthermore, the assessment includes: test 6-minute walk, the quality of life questionnaire, MINICHAL, the IPAQ short version, manometer and spirometry.
Interventions
DEVICEThreshold
The load adjustment was done weekly by a single examiner.
Sponsors
Foundation for research support from the state of Rio Grande do Norte (FAPERN)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
60 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* diagnosis of hypertension controlled by antihypertensive; * aged between 60 and 80 years; * absence of dementia or cognitive impairments that limit tests; * absence of recent myocardial infarction; * absence of musculoskeletal limitations that limit tests; * availability of time on training days.
Exclusion criteria
* clinical instability; * inability to perform any test.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| manovacuometry | 6 weeks | Evaluates indirectly respiratory muscle strength. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| spirometry | — | Assesses lung function |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| quality of life | — | Assesses the influence of hypertension on the quality of life of target |
| functional capacity | — | assesses the cardiopulmonary capacity at sub-maximal |
| IPAQ | — | assesses the level of physical activity |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed