Recreational Futsal for Controlled Hypertension

NCT05185297 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UMSFRH/BD/143729/2019
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Arterial hypertension (HT) was the leading global contributor for premature deaths in 2015. Its treatment includes medication and lifestyle changes, namely diet and regular exercise, which has shown to have an inverse relationship with arterial HT. Recreational soccer (RS) has proven to be a non-pharmacological treatment for several chronic conditions, including arterial HT, with meaningful decreases on blood pressure (BP). Recreation futsal (RF) is expected to elicit comparable BP changes to RS considering that it imposes similar physical and physiological demands. However, the effects of RF on BP and other cardiovascular markers have not been previously investigated in participants only with controlled arterial HT. Furthermore, acute BP changes and double product elicited by this exercise modality were never described. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to assess if RF is an effective coadjuvant intervention for BP control in adults with controlled arterial HT. Secondary purposes are: i) to determine the impact of RF on other cardiovascular markers; ii) to describe the acute BP changes and the double product elicited by RF; and iii) to assess the impact of 1 month of detraining on BP and other cardiovascular markers (4 months).

Conditions

Hypertension,Essential; Hypertension; Blood Pressure Disorders; Blood Pressure

Keywords

futsal; controlled hypertension; recreational futsal; soccer; football

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Between-groups differences in systolic blood pressure

  Casual (resting) measures of systolic blood pressure (mmHg) will be measured in triplicate over the brachial artery of the non-dominant arm after 5 minutes of quiet rest, with 1 minute of recovery between each measure, using an automated oscillometric sphygmomanometer.

  3 months

• Between-groups differences in diastolic blood pressure

  Casual (resting) measures of diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) will be measured in triplicate over the brachial artery of the non-dominant arm after 5 minutes of quiet rest, with 1 minute of recovery between each measure, using an automated oscillometric sphygmomanometer.

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (38)

• Between-groups differences in systolic blood pressure

  4 months

• Between-groups differences in diastolic blood pressure

  4 months

• Between-groups differences in mean blood pressure

  3 months

• Between-groups differences in mean blood pressure

  4 months

• Between-groups differences in total cholesterol

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Standard care

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will continue with standard care provided by the family physician.

Recreational Futsal, plus standard care

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will participate in 2-3 weekly one hour sessions of Recreational Futsal, during 3 months, while maintaining standard care provided by the family physician.

Other: Recreational Futsal

Interventions

Recreational Futsal OTHER

Participants will participate in 2-3 weekly one hour sessions of Recreational Futsal, during 3 months, while maintaining standard care provided by the family physician.

Recreational Futsal, plus standard care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 35 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Medicated controlled hypertension, with habitual SBP below 140 mmHg and DBP below 90 mmHg;
• Males with 35-60 years;
• Not being engaged in regular and supervised physical exercise in the last 6 months;
• Medical clearance;
• Vaccinated against SARS-COV-2.

You may not qualify if:

• Cardiovascular disease (heart failure), cerebrovascular disease, advanced retinopathy or kidney failure;
• Resistant hypertension;
• History of cardiovascular event.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Institute of Maia: lead
• University of Southern Denmark: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Maia

Maia, Portugal

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Essential Hypertension; Hypertension

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Susana Póvoas, PhD

  University of Maia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Blood analysis, maximum oxygen consumption and DEXA scans will have blinded outcome assessors.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associated Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2021
• First Posted: January 11, 2022
• Study Start: November 17, 2021
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2022
• Study Completion: December 19, 2022
• Last Updated: February 6, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PT (1)