Status:
UNKNOWN
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Nervous System in Patients With Hypertension.
Lead Sponsor:
Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.
Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
Conditions:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Hypertension has high prevalence and poor control rates and is considered one of the major modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular system diseases, and one of the most important public health probl...
Detailed Description
Data collection was performed at the Laboratory of Clinical Investigation (LIC) Institute of Cardiology. Initially, patients rested for 30 minutes, and during this period has been completed the evalua...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Previous Hypertension diagnosis, systolic blood pressure (SBP) \> 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) \>90 mm Hg and clinical stability with no change in medications for at least 2 months preceding the study.
Exclusion
- Presence of any comorbidity such as diabetes; congestive heart failure; unstable angina; myocardial infarction; acute inflammation; peripheral vascular disease; associated neurological disease; acute respiratory illness; infectious disease or fever; cardiac pacemaker; unstable ventricular arrhythmia; active smokers; obesity; musculoskeletal disease in the lower limbs; changes in the electrocardiogram; smoker; treatment with beta blockers, steroids, hormones or chemotherapy or change in drug therapy were excluded from the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02292199
Start Date
August 1 2014
End Date
August 1 2015
Last Update
November 17 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Rodrigo Della Méa Plentz
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90050170