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Sympathetic and Blood Pressure Responses to Aerobic Exercise and Guided Respiration in Hypertensives

NCT02608827 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2016-10-27

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Summary

Hypertension is serious health problem in Brazil and affects almost 30%of adult population. It is known that there are pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies for treating hypertension. Aerobic exercise and slow breathing are nonpharmacologic methods that reduce blood pressure in an isolated form, but its combinations has never been studied. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association of both strategies and also the mechanisms involved in blood pressure reduction using slow breathing, in stages 1 and 2 hypertensives.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Resperate®-InterCure Ltda

The device-guided breathing - Resperate®-InterCure Ltda, uses sound to guide and therefore reduce the respiration rate in individuals.

OTHER

Music group (GC)

The patients in this arm will hear slow music - Music group (GC).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2015-12-31

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