Handgrip Training in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Isometric handgrip training: Intervention period will last 12 weeks. Experimental group will perform three sessions per week of home-based handgrip exercise. The exercise protocol will consist of eight sets of bilateral handgrip contraction of two minutes of isometric contraction, with 30% of maximum voluntary contraction, and two minutes of interval between sets. Patients will receive a diary to record the sessions and report difficulties during the training. The patients be recommended to increase daily physical activity levels, and weekly, there will be phone contacts with the patients to reinforce the exercise recommendations.

Control Group: Intervention period will last 12 weeks. Patients will be recommended to increase daily physical activity levels, and weekly, there will be phone contacts to reinforce the recommendations.

Study summary

The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of isometric handgrip training (IHT) on blood pressure of hypertensive patients with peripheral arterial disease. Will be recruited 30 patients which will be randomized into 2 groups (15 per group), IHT and control group (CG). IHT group will training isometric contraction for 12 weeks. In CG patients will be encouraged to increase the level of physical activity. In the pre and post-intervention cardiovascular measures will be obtained.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change from baseline in blood pressure at 12 weeks — Baseline and 12 weeks
  Blood pressure will be measured before and after 12 weeks of intervention period on intervention and control group by an automatic blood pressure monitor (HEM-742, Omron Healthcare, Japan).

Trial sites (2)

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