This study evaluates the effects of Pilates method and aerobic training in hypertensive subjects. Half of participants will be trained with Pilates, while the other half will be trained with aerobic exercise during 8 weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
30
1 hour of aerobic training on a treadmill, 3 times a week, during 8 weeks.
1 hour of Mat Pilates, 2 times a week, during 8 weeks.
University Federal of Santa Maria
Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Change from baseline casual systolic blood pressure at 8 weeks
It will be evaluated with oscillometric method of measuring blood pressure with an automated cuff.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Change from baseline 24-hour systolic blood pressure at 8 weeks
It will be evaluated by 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM)
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Casual diastolic blood pressure
It will be evaluated with oscillometric method of measuring blood pressure with an automated cuff.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Heart rate variability
It will be evaluated using a previously validated heart rate monitor Polar 810i, and the results will be analyzed in time- and frequency-domains.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Diastolic and mean blood pressure
It will be evaluated by 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM)
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Functional capacity
Evaluate by Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Respiratory muscle strength
The maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures will be evaluated with manovacuometer
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Muscle strength
The muscles (quadriceps, gastrocnemius, abdominal and spine extensors) will be evaluated with dynamometer.
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Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Flexibility
It will be evaluated by bank of Wells test.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Body Mass Index
It will be calculated as weight (kg) divided by height squared.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Oxidative damage
It will be evaluated by advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP)
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Antioxidant capacity
It will be evaluated by total antioxidant capacity (TAC).
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Lipid profile
By blood analysis (LDL, HDL, total cholesterol, glucose and triglycerides).
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Endothelial function
By blood analysis (Nitrite measurement/NOx).
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Inflammation
It will be evaluated by C-reactive protein in blood analysis
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Creatinine
By blood analysis
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Lactate
By blood analysis
Time frame: baselina and 8 weeks
Creatine kinase
By blood analysis
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
Questionnaire of Quality of life
It will be evaluated by Mini-questionnaire of Quality of Life in Hypertension (MINICHAL)
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks