A Single Pole Dancing Session and Its Effects on Blood Pressure

NCT07590258 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: POLEDANCESTUDY
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 21
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the acute blood pressure (BP) response after a single pole dance (PD) session in adult women. Twenty-one young women (\<31 years old) with normal BP and previous PD experience participated. Each subject completed one experimental session (60-minute PD class) and one control session (60 minutes seated), on different days, in randomized order. Systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and heart rate (HR) were measured at baseline, immediately after, and at 15, 30, and 45 minutes post-session.

Conditions

Healthy Women Volunteers

Keywords

Pole Dancing; Physical exercise; Post-exercise hypotension

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Measurement of blood pressure

  To perform the measurements, participants must follow the pre-collection guidelines that will be provided when scheduling visits. These guidelines include: not consuming coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, or heavy meals on the day of collection; not engaging in strenuous physical activity in the 24 hours preceding collection; and having an empty bladder. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure will be measured using a digital device (Model HEM - 7113 from Omron Healthcare, Kyoto, Japan) at five different times: "BEFORE THE INTERVENTION", "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INTERVENTION", "15 MINUTES AFTER THE INTERVENTION", "30 MINUTES AFTER THE INTERVENTION", and "45 MINUTES AFTER THE INTERVENTION", all with the participant seated. At rest, three systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements will be taken, with a one-minute interval between them. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurement protocol will be used equally in both sessions (experimental and control).

  A single session

Study Arms (2)

control session

NO INTERVENTION

In the control session, participants remained in a sitting position, without performing any type of physical effort, for a period of 60 minutes. They could talk, read a book, use their cell phone and drink water, but in the minutes before the measurement, they had to remain silent, still in a sitting position, without carrying out such activities.

experimental session

EXPERIMENTAL

In the experimental session, participants underwent a PD class lasting 60 minutes. Initially, a warm-up (\~15 min) was carried out involving joint mobility movements and muscle stretching, followed by an initial part (\~10) marked by muscle strengthening and resistance exercises, execution of turns and low plane transitions. The second part of the class (\~15 min) was dedicated to learning and executing movements and aerial transitions using the static pole, while, in the third part of the class (\~15 min), sequences of movements on the spinning pole were worked on, finishing with a passive stretch to return to calm (\~5 min). At the end of the class, subjective rate of perceived exertion (RPE) was collected using the modified Borg scale \[17\] (0-10), with the aim of evaluating the intensity perception of the session.

Other: Pole Dance

Interventions

Pole Dance OTHER

In the experimental session, participants underwent a PD class lasting 60 minutes. Initially, a warm-up (\~15 min) was carried out involving joint mobility movements and muscle stretching, followed by an initial part (\~10) marked by muscle strengthening and resistance exercises, execution of turns and low plane transitions. The second part of the class (\~15 min) was dedicated to learning and executing movements and aerial transitions using the static pole, while, in the third part of the class (\~15 min), sequences of movements on the spinning pole were worked on, finishing with a passive stretch to return to calm (\~5 min). At the end of the class, subjective rate of perceived exertion (RPE) was collected using the modified Borg scale \[17\] (0-10), with the aim of evaluating the intensity perception of the session.

Also known as: Physical exercise

experimental session

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• being female;
• be aged ≥ 18 years;
• have an intermediate level of experience in PD modality, that is, be able to perform combinations of aerial movements of medium difficulty, such as performing aerial figures in the inverted position - head down;
• not having performed vigorous physical activity in the 24 hours preceding the intervention.

You may not qualify if:

• being pregnant;
• have injuries that limit the proposed PD session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: lead

Study Sites (1)

Allana Andrade Souza

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88037060, Brazil

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Post-Exercise Hypotension

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Orthostatic Intolerance; Primary Dysautonomias; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Hypotension; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: This is a randomized crossover interventional study with two arms: an experimental session (60-minute pole dance class) and a control session (60 minutes seated). Each participant completed both sessions on different days in randomized order. No masking was applied. The primary purpose was to evaluate acute cardiovascular responses (blood pressure and heart rate) in young women with previous pole dance experience.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2026
• First Posted: May 15, 2026
• Study Start: April 20, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 20, 2023
• Study Completion: July 20, 2023
• Last Updated: May 15, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BR (1)