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Exploring IHG Training in CR

NCT06454487 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-06-12

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Summary

Research has shown that isometric (constant squeeze) exercise training using an isometric handgrip (IHG) device lowers resting blood pressure (BP) in those with and without high BP. The purpose of this study is to explore if IHG training will lower resting BP in people doing cardiac rehabilitation more than doing only cardiac rehabilitation. Once eligibility is confirmed participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups for the study. One group will do IHG training in addition to cardiac rehabilitation (Group 1), and the other group will do only cardiac rehabilitation (Group 2). Participants assigned to Group 1 will be asked to do IHG training on their own with an inflatable ball three days per week for 12 weeks with intensity set based on rating of perceived exertion (RPE) or rating of effort. Participants will self-measure and report their resting BP to investigators. The acceptability of doing IHG training will also be explored by conducting interviews with participants as will the impact that IHG training may have on psychological wellbeing by administering surveys to participants.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Blood Pressure

Interventions

OTHER

Isometric Hand Grip Training

IHG training will be performed with an inflatable ball three days per week for 12 weeks (with at least a day of rest between each session) with intensity set based on RPE (Borg CR-10 scale).

OTHER

CR

Standard of Care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Windsor

    collaborator OTHER

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cheri McGowan, PhD · Windsor University and LawsonHRI

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-31
Primary Completion
2024-10-31
Completion
2025-03-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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