Beach Tennis And Hypertension Study 2

NCT03909321 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 96487118000005327b
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

No studies have investigated the chronic effects of team sports on 24 h ambulatory blood pressure and have assessed the effects of a beach tennis intervention in cardiovascular profile and physical fitness. Based on that, the investigators designed this parallel randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of beach tennis training on 24 h ambulatory blood pressure and different physical fitness parameters in individuals with hypertension. The difference between the intervention arms in mean change from baseline in 24 h, daytime and nighttime systolic and diastolic ambulatory blood pressure at 12-weeks is the primary outcome; secondary outcomes are the difference between mean change in office blood pressure as well as cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and power. The investigators anticipate that 12 weeks of beach tennis training will reduce blood pressure when compared to a non-exercising control group. Additionally, our recreational beach tennis intervention will improve all physical fitness components in comparison to the baseline values.

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

Exercise; Beach Tennis; Sport training; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Ambulatory Blood Pressure

  24h ambulatory blood pressure measured through automatic oscillometric device

  Change from baseline 24-hour systolic blood pressure at 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Systolic blood pressure

  Will be measured during intervention period throughout the first session of weeks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12.

• Diastolic blood pressure

  Will be measured during intervention period throughout the first session of weeks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12.

• Cardiorespiratory fitness (Oxygen consumption at peak)

  Change from baseline VO2peak at 12 weeks

• Muscle strength (Test of hand grip strength)

  Change from baseline handgrip at 12 weeks

• Muscle strength (Chair-stand test)

  Change from baseline Chair-stand test at 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The Control group will not be submitted to intervention and will be instructed not to engage in any kind of structured physical exercise training and to keep the life activities identified at baseline.

Beach tennis training group

EXPERIMENTAL

The Beach Tennis (BT) group will perform two sessions per week of the Beach Tennis training. This intervention will last 12 weeks.

Behavioral: Beach tennis training group

Interventions

Beach tennis training group BEHAVIORAL

Beach Tennis Training Group (BTG) will perform two sessions of 40-60 min of beach tennis during 12 weeks. BT sessions will be composed by a warm up of 5-10 min of BT technical exercises (i.e., serve, volley, forehand and backhand exercises) followed by 3 BT small games of 10-15 min each.

Beach tennis training group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 35 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Office blood pressure between 130-179 and 80-110 mmHg for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively;
• Non-engaged in structured exercise programs in the last 3 months before the beginning of this study;
• Able to perform the proposed exercises.

You may not qualify if:

• Underlying cardiovascular disease in the last 24 months such as acute myocardial infarction, angina, stroke or heart failure;
• Diseases that reduce life expectancy;
• Smokers;
• BMI \>39.9 kg/m²;
• Diabetic proliferative retinopathy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre: lead
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Ferrari R, de Oliveira Carpes L, Domingues LB, Jacobsen A, Frank P, Jung N, Santini J, Fuchs SC; BAH Study Group. Effect of recreational beach tennis on ambulatory blood pressure and physical fitness in hypertensive individuals (BAH study): rationale and study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 6;21(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-10117-5.

  PMID: 33407276 RESULT

• Ferrari R, de Oliveira Carpes L, Betti Domingues L, Mallmann Schneider V, Leal R, Tanaka H, Jung N; The BAH Study Group. Recreational beach tennis training reduces ambulatory blood pressure in adults with hypertension: a randomized clinical trial. J Hypertens. 2024 Dec 1;42(12):2122-2130. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003850. Epub 2024 Aug 26.

  PMID: 39248124 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Behavior

Study Officials

• Rodrigo Ferrari, PhD

  Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 8, 2019
• First Posted: April 10, 2019
• Study Start: February 6, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: November 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Locations

BR (1)