RECRUITING

Sex Effects on Blood Pressure With Handgrip Training

Study Overview

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Description

The goal of this intervention is to compare the blood pressure response of young females and males to a single bout of static handgrip exercise before and after static handgrip training (4 weeks). The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Are the lowering blood pressure effects of static handgrip exercise training different between young females and males? * Which factors explain the lowering blood pressure effects of static handgrip training and possible differences between sexes? Is it an improved blood vessel dilation? Is it a reduced stiffening of blood vessels? Is it a reduced fight or flight response resulting in a lower heart rate and blood pumped by the heart into the vessels? All the above? * Which factors regulate blood pressure response during and immediately after a single bout of static handgrip exercise? All participants will be asked to: * Visit the laboratory to perform static handgrip exercise - first visit; * Participants will be randomized (like flipping a coin) to static handgrip exercise training or to a non-exercising phase, with each phase lasting four weeks. Participants will also complete the other condition (handgrip or no handgrip) after completing the first four-week condition * Return to the laboratory after the completion of both static handgrip training and no training to perform the static handgrip exercise of the first visit. The investigators will compare participants' blood pressure response to a single bout static of handgrip exercise after training to their own blood pressure response to the same bout of exercise after the non-training period.

Official Title

Sex Effects on Blood Pressure Regulation to Acute Isometric Handgrip Exercise, Following 4 Weeks of Isometric Handgrip Training

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-03-01
Study Completion:2025-10
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06215014

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.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 40 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Ages between 18-40 years;
  2. * Normal blood pressure as defined by the American Heart Association (\<130/90 mmHg);
  3. * BMI \< 30 kg/m2;
  4. * No cardiovascular risk factors and no clinically diagnosed cardiovascular disease;
  5. * Being recreationally active (≤ 2 days of structured physical activity);
  6. * Able to speak English.
  1. * Diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (e.g., coronary artery disease, heart failure), musculoskeletal (i.e., osteoporosis and sarcopenia), metabolic disease (e.g., diabetes mellitus) and kidney disease;
  2. * Taking antihypertensive or other vasoactive medications and cardioactive medication;
  3. * Diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety disorders;
  4. * Long COVID;
  5. * Being a smoker;
  6. * Being pregnant or having menstrual irregularities.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

João L. Marôco, MS
CONTACT
773-893-3897
joao.maroco001@umb.edu
Tracy Baynard, PhD
CONTACT
2178404493
tracy.baynard@umb.edu

Principal Investigator

Tracy Baynard, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Massachusetts, Boston

Study Locations (Sites)

UMassachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
United States
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Boston

  • Tracy Baynard, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-03-01
Study Completion Date2025-10

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-03-01
Study Completion Date2025-10

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • exercise training
  • handgrip
  • sex effects

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Blood Pressure