Acupuncture Therapy and Hypertension

Description

Acupuncture therapy will be provided to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients. The mild to moderate hypertensive patients will be either on or off hypertensive medications. The course last for 8 weeks and the frequency is once a week.

Conditions

Mild to Moderate Hypertension

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Study Details

Study overview

Acupuncture therapy will be provided to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients. The mild to moderate hypertensive patients will be either on or off hypertensive medications. The course last for 8 weeks and the frequency is once a week.

Neuroimmune Mechanisms Underlying Electroacupuncture Effect on Vascular Function

Acupuncture Therapy and Hypertension

Condition
Mild to Moderate Hypertension
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Irvine

Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, Irvine, California, United States, 92697

Orange

University of California, Irvine, Health Sciences Medical Center, Orange, California, United States, 92868

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Subjects from 45 to 75 years of age
  • 2. Clinically diagnosed with mild to moderate hypertension and ON or OFF medication (Office SBP \> 140 mmHg and \< 160 mmHg Or ABPM average SBP \> 130 mmHg and \< 145 mmHg), and
  • 3. No significant ECG change reflecting ischemia (i.e. ST elevation or depression) at rest will be recruited to participate in this study.
  • 1. Subjects will be excluded if on anti-hypertensive medications.
  • 2. Subjects will be excluded if pregnant or nursing.
  • 3. Subjects will be excluded if they have coronary disease (by history or on ECG screening), conduction abnormalities on ECG consistent with left bundle branch block, cardiac arrhythmias associated with low blood pressure (\<90 mmHg), peripheral vascular disease, orthopedic disease, diabetic neuropathy or severe hypertension (BP \>170 mmHg systolic or \>110 mmHg diastolic), or any other physical or psychological illness.
  • 4. Those with known sensitivity to any topical preparations or strong reactions to medical dressings and skin tapes also will be excluded.
  • 5. Inability our or unwillingness of individual to give written informed consent.

Ages Eligible for Study

40 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, Irvine,

Shaista Malik, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, Irvine

Study Record Dates

2027-03-31