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Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Response During Exercise and Sexual Activity in Normotensive and Hypertensive Volunteers

NCT00143988 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2009-08-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of cardiac work as measured by heart rate and blood pressure during physical exertion compared to sexual activity.

Conditions

  • Heart Rate
  • Blood Pressure

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Treadmill testing

Patients will have a exercise stress test using a Bruce protocol during which time heart rates and blood pressures will be monitored and the patient's percieved exertion level monitored and recorded

BEHAVIORAL

Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Monitoring

Patients will wear an ambulatory blood pressure monitor and an heart rate monitor during one sexual encounter.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pfizer

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sebastian Palmeri, MD · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-05-31
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2007-03-31

Countries

  • United States

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Read the full study record

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