Effects of Isometric Exercises on Balance, Heart Rate, Pulse Ox and Blood Pressure

NCT02599727 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: CI-IRB-20151104002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Determine the effects repeated isometric exercises have on balance, blood pressure, heart rate and pulse ox. Another outcome measure will be a mental speed test (how quickly a subject can process information and make decisions based upon that information).

Conditions

Exercise, Isometric

Keywords

balance, postural; postural equilibrium; heart rate; blood pressure; pulse oxygenation; mental speed

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in Heart Rate

  Changes in heart rate at rest will be assessed between baseline (at enrollment) and after the treatment period. It will be used to investigate if isometric exercises affect it and how much.

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Changes in Stability Score

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

• Changes in Blood Pressure

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

• Changes in Mental Speed

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Active Isometric exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects performing the isometric exercises intervention

Other: Isometric exercises

No exercise

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Subjects not performing the isometric exercises intervention

Other: No exercise

Interventions

Isometric exercises OTHER

subjects will perform specific isometric exercises for 10-20 minutes, three times a week throughout the enrollment period

Active Isometric exercise

No exercise OTHER

Subjects will go on with their life without any specific isometric exercise regimen during the enrollment period

No exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy individuals

You may not qualify if:

• Any pathology preventing the subject to safely perform the isometric exercises (the clinician enrolling the subjects will make the decision)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies: lead

Study Sites (1)

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Cape Canaveral, Florida, 32920, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Frederick R Carrick, PhD

  Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 5, 2015
• First Posted: November 9, 2015
• Study Start: November 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2017
• Study Completion: January 1, 2017
• Last Updated: February 20, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-02

Locations

US (1)