Hypertension
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aimed to evaluate the chronic effects of Mat Pilates Training on blood pressure, heart rate, double product and psychobiological factors in hypertensive medicated women and acute effects of Mat Pilates Exercise on blood pressure of such individuals.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMat Pilates Training
Mat Pilates training performed two times at week for 16 weeks.
Sponsors
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Federal University of São Paulo
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
30 Years to 59 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Hypertensives women * Age 30 to 59 years * Nonactive * Make use of antihypertensive medication
Exclusion criteria
* Orthopedic problems or other problem that prevented the exercises * Change in drug treatment during protocol * Absence in more than 25% of the exercise sessions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blood pressure | 16 weeks | Blood pressure was measured by Ambulatorial Monitoring Blood Pressure before and after trial period and by semiautomatic monitoring before and after a single session of Mat Pilates exercise. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heart Rate | 16 weeks | Heart Rate was measured by Ambulatorial Monitoring Blood Pressure before and after trial period and by semiautomatic monitoring before and after a single session of Mat Pilates exercise. |
| Anxiety | 16 weeks. | Anxiety was analyzed by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), before and after trial period. |
| Stress | 16 weeks | Stress was analysed by perceived stress questionnaire, before and after trial period. |
| Depression | 16 weeks | Depression was analysed by Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), before and after trial period. |
| Sleep quality | 16 weeks | Sleep quality was analysed by The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), before and after trial period. |
| Perception of Sleep | 16 weeks | Perception of Sleep was analysed by Mini Sleep Questionnaire, before and after trial period. |
| Sleepiness | 16 weeks | Sleepiness was analysed by Epworth Sleepiness Scale, before and after trial period. |
| Quality of Life | 16 weeks | Quality of Life was analysed by Questionnaire for Health-Related Quality of Life assessment of hypertensive patients, before and after trial period. |
| Flexibility | 16 weeks | Flexibility was analysed by Bank of wells, before and after trial period. |
| Strength | 16 weeks | Strength was analysed by hydraulic handgrip dynamometer, before and after trial period. |
| Body weight | 16 weeks | — |
| Height | 16 weeks | — |
| Waist circumference | 16 weeks | — |
| Hip circumference | 16 weeks | — |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed