Beach Tennis And Hypertension Study

Hypertension Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Effects of a Beach Tennis Training Session on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Individuals: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03909308
• Other study ID #: 96487118000005327a
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a beach tennis session on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in adults with hypertension. The main hypothesis is that a single session of beach tennis would decrease ambulatory blood pressure compared with a non-exercise control session.

Description:

In this randomized crossover trial, participants performed randomly assigned two experimental sessions: a beach tennis session and a non-exercise control session. The beach tennis session started with a standardized 5-minute warm-up consisting of basic techniques, followed by three 12-minute beach tennis matches with 2-minute intervals between them. Heart rate and rating of perceived exertion were continuously recorded during the beach tennis session, and enjoyment was measured after the beach tennis session. The control session was performed in seated rest. Both experimental sessions lasted 45 minutes. Ambulatory blood pressure was measured continuously for 24-hour after sessions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 35 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Office blood pressure between 130-179 and 80-110 mmHg for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively;

• Non-engaged in structured exercise programs in the last 3 months before the beginning of this study;

• Able to perform the proposed exercises.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Underlying cardiovascular disease in the last 24 months such as acute myocardial infarction, angina, stroke or heart failure;

• Diseases that reduce life expectancy;

• Smokers;

• BMI >39.9 kg/m²;

• Diabetic proliferative retinopathy.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hypertension

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Beach Tennis session
The Beach Tennis training session will be composed by a warm up of 5 min of BT in which technical exercises (i.e., serve, volley, forehand and backhand) will be performed After that, 3 BT small games of 12 min with a 2 minute interval between games using the conventional rules of sport will be performed. Before the session and after each small game, data regarding heart rate, blood pressure and rate perceived exertion will be recorded.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre	Porto Alegre	RS

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ambulatory Blood Pressure	Day-time, night-time and 24h ambulatory blood pressure measured through automatic oscillometric device after 45 min of control session and beach tennis session	24 hours after control and beach tennis sessions
Secondary	Systolic blood pressure	Systolic blood pressure in mmHg will be measured using automatic oscillometric before and after each experimental session throughout 45 min.	45 minutes
Secondary	Diastolic blood pressure	Diastolic blood pressure in mmHg will be measured using automatic oscillometric before and after each experimental session throughout 45 min.	45 minutes
Secondary	Blood Pressure Variability	Systolic and diastolic BP values obtained in the 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, with valid measures included in a programmed software to calculate the average real variability of these measures.	24 hours
Secondary	Enjoyment (PACES questionnaire)	Enjoyment will be measured after beach tennis session, the scale is composed of 18 items in a bipolar affirmations format (i.e., "amused" versus "not-amused") punctuated in a range from the minimum value "1" to the maximum value "7".	5 minutes