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Chronic and Acute Effects of Resistance Exercise on Older Subjects' Blood Pressure

NCT01113203 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2010-04-29

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Summary

The study aimed to evaluate the chronic and acute effects of high-intensity resistance training on blood pressure and its hemodynamic and neural determinators in healthy normotensive older subjects.

Conditions

  • Blood Pressure

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Resistance training

Progressive high intensity resistance training performed twice a week for 16 weeks, and achieving in 7 exercises for the main muscles, the protocol of 4 sets of 6RM and 2 of 4RM.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Associacao Fundo de Incentivo a Psicofarmcologia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Federal University of São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER

  • Delboni Auriemo

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia LM Forjaz, PhD · School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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