Physical Therapy for Hypertensive Elderly

Summary

Physical therapy for hipertensive elderly: effects in the physical activity and exercise adherence.

Introduction: The arterial hypertension (AH) is a clinical syndrome characterized by blood pressure ≥ 140/90mmHg. Practical of physical activity (PA) and/or physical exercise (PE) is one of the modalities of not farmacological treatment. Hypertensive aged not adhere to this recommendation for presenting factors that make it difficult this practical. Objective: to verify if physical therapy (PT) treatment can improve the AF and EF adhesion of hypertensive aged. Methods: The sample was composed by 43 hypertensive aged of Arterial Hypertensive League of the Federal University of Goiás. Of these, 30 had remained in the study and had been randomized in study group (SG) (16 patients) and control group (CG) (14 patients). SG was submitted of the PT treatment and participated of educative meetings, the CG only participated of the meetings. To evaluate adhesion to the AF was used the pedometer and EF was used a questionnaire of open and closed questions, six minute walk test (6'WT) and ergometric test (ET).

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

OTHER

Physical Therapy and education meetings

Physical therapy was realized three two times per week and education meeting every fifteen days

OTHER

education meetings

This group only participed of education meeting (every fifteen days)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Universidade Federal de Goias

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Priscila Vitorino, MsD · Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás

• Paulo César Jardim, PhD · Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás

• Flávia Nogueira, Specialist · Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás

• Juliana Brandão, Specialist · Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás

• Haden Lobo, Specialist · Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

60 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2004-03-31

Primary Completion

2004-09-30

Completion

2005-12-31

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations