High-Intensity Interval Training on Pre-Hypertensive Subjects

Launched by UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMAS · Dec 17, 2016

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

Despite exercise training decrease blood pressure in 'average' terms, there is a wide interindividual variability after exercise training, being yet unknown what mode of exercise (e.g. endurance, strength, concurrent, or high intensity interval training) produce more/less non-responder (NR) prevalence (i.e., percentage of subjects who experienced a non-change/worsened response after training in some outcome).

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Written informed consent;
• • Interested in improving health and fitness;
• • Systolic blood pressure \> 120 mmHg and \< 140 mmHg, and/or DBP ≥ 80 and \< 90 mmHg according with standard classification;
• • No drug therapy during the previous 3 months;
• • Body mass index (BMI) 25 and 35 kg/m2); (c) physically inactive (according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire previously validated in Chilean population)
• • Normal /mild altered lipid profile (total cholesterol \[TC\] \~200 and ≤250 mg/dL, low-density lipids \[LDL-C\] \~140 mg/dL and ≤200 mg/dL, high-density lipids \[HDL-C\] ≥20 and \~40 mg/dL, triglycerides \~150 and ≤250 mg/dL) according with standard classification.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Cardiovascular contraindications to exercise histories of stroke;
• • Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
• • Musculoskeletal disorder such as low back pain;
• • Smokers in the last 3 months were not included in the study.