Effect of Exercise on Selected Anthropometric,Biochemical and Physiological Variables Among Hypertensive Patients

Summary

Hypertension is the most common risk factor for development of stroke, congestive heart failure chronic kidney disease, and coronary artery disease in Sub Saharan Africa. The prevalence of hypertension will increase by 2025 in most parts of the world including Ethiopia according to World Health Organization.

Physical inactivity has been identified as a stronger predictor of chronic diseases such as hypertension. Exercise as a lifestyle modification is beneficial to a wide variety of health conditions, specific to hypertension; the benefits of exercise have been promoted by a number of organizations and agencies including World Health Organization.

According to the knowledge of the investigator there are no research works in relation to aerobic and resistance exercise effects among hypertensive patients generally in Ethiopia, and particularly in the area selected for the present research. Therefore the aim of this study is to assess the effect of aerobic and resistance exercises on selected anthropometric, biochemical and physiological variables among hypertensive patients in Hawassa University Referral Hospital.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

OTHER

Aerobic exercise .

The aerobic exercise group will perform brisk walking. Intensity of the aerobic exercise program will be progressively increased throughout the 16-week program. Intensity of aerobic exercise will be 40-65% of maximum heart rate , which is low to moderate.Duration of each session will be 45 minutes. Aerobic exercise will be performed 3 days per week.

OTHER

Resistance exercise

The resistance exercise group will perform 8 different exercises. Frequency of exercises per week is 3 days and duration of each exercise session is 45minutes. Interval rest among different exercises is 1minute.The intensity and repetition of resistance exercises is progressive. Participants will be exercised at 30% intensity (low intensity) for upper body and 50% intensity (moderate intensity) repetition voluntary maximum for lower body. Progressive, dynamic and rhythmical, alternative to upper-body and lower-body works and circuit resistance training of low to moderate intensity exercises will be executed.

OTHER

Aerobic and resistance exercise

The aerobic and resistance exercise group will perform 23 minutes aerobic exercises and 22 minutes resistance exercises. The exercises will be performed three days per week . Intensity of aerobic and resistance exercise group for aerobic and resistance exercises are similar with intensity of aerobic group and resistance group exercises respectively.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mekelle University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Mitiku D Abebe, MSc · College of Natural and Computational Sciences,Mekelle University Mekelle University

• Soumatra K Mondal, PhD · College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekelle University Mekelle University

• Mahmud Ab Mahmud, PhD · College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University

• Palani B Kumar, PhD · College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekelle University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

31 Years

Max Age

45 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-02-20

Primary Completion

2017-06-17

Completion

2017-06-17

Countries

• Ethiopia

Study Locations