Essential (primary) hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
In this randomized crossover study, 48 participants (24 men and 24 women) will randomly perform two experimental sessions: a beach tennis session and a no-exercise control session. The beach tennis se
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Sponsors
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Eligibility
Age
35 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Men and women; Aged 35 to 65 years; medically diagnosed with hypertension; using up to two antihypertensive medications; willing to participate and sign the informed consent forms; office blood pressure between 130-179 and 80-110 mmHg
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Diseases that limit the performance of physical exercises, such as lung disease, valvular heart disease, and renal failure; underlying cardiovascular disease previously diagnosed by a physician, occurring in the last 24 months, such as acute myocardial infarction, angina or stroke, or heart failure; diseases that reduce life expectancy; regular physical activity practitioners (i.e., 3 or more sessions per week of high intensity exercise moderate or vigorous); body mass index greater than 39.9 kg/m²; diabetic proliferative retinopathy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find an improvement in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after the beach tennis session, and that this response would be different between the sexes after the sessions. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes are expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactRodrigo da Silva
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Outcome results
None listed