Official Title: Effectiveness and Mechanisms of Isometric Resistance Exercise to Reduce Blood Pressure in a Chinese Population a Pilot Randomized-controlled Trial
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
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Brief Summary: Background Isometric resistance exercises IREs have great potential to improve blood pressure BP control
Methods This is a pilot randomized controlled trial that will involve 50 patients with hypertension HT who do not meet the current physical activity guidelines defined by the World Health Organization Participants will be randomly assigned in a 11 ratio using stratified and blocked randomization to either the IRE wall squat group or stretching exercise active control group A well-structured widely accepted and validated 24-week wall squat program 2 minutes per exercise 2 minutes of rest between sets and 3 sessions per week will be implemented as it has been commonly used in previous research All patients will be followed up for 24 weeks Control group will receive exact same treatment except that IRE is replaced by frequency-matched and time-matched stretching exercise The primary outcome measure will be rate of recruitment Secondary outcomes will include BP parameters from 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring