The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of cardiac work as measured by heart rate and blood pressure during physical exertion compared to sexual activity.
Physical exertion will be measured by a standardized treadmill test. Sexual activity will be performed in the study subject's home with his/her spouse or regular partner. Each study subject will wear a blood pressure and heart rate monitor at home during their sexual activity and will be asked to complete a one page diary upon completion of the activity. Normotensive and subject with mild hypertension will be studied to determine if hypertensive subjects have a relatively greater increase in their blood pressure during either physical exercise or sexual activity.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
36
Patients will have a exercise stress test using a Bruce protocol during which time heart rates and blood pressures will be monitored and the patient's percieved exertion level monitored and recorded
Patients will wear an ambulatory blood pressure monitor and an heart rate monitor during one sexual encounter.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
physical stress during exercise
Time frame: during one measured encounter
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