Hemodynamic Effects During Land vs Water Exercise for Older Adults With Orthostatic Hypotension

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Orthostatic Hypotension

Treatments: Behavioral: Land exercise; Behavioral: Water exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05233865

STUDY00001869

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to understand how blood pressure, heart rate, and symptoms of low blood pressure (such as dizziness or nausea) are affected by positional changes and exercise when on land or in the water for people who tend to experience orthostatic hypotension.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-report of dizziness upon standing (from sit or supine position) or known diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension
• Able to stand independently for 3-5 consecutive minutes
• Able to walk independently (with or without an assistive devise)
• Medically stable for last month
• Score of 3 or greater on Mini-Cog (standardized outcome measure to detect dementia)
• Full coronavirus vaccination

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of dementia
• Contraindication for pool exercise (such as infected open wounds, fecal incontinence, diarrhea.)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 2 patient groups

Water condition

Experimental group

Description:

Participants blood pressure, heart rate and self-reported symptoms (such as dizziness) will be collected multiple times during sitting, standing and walking conditions when in a pool.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Water exercise

Land condition

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants blood pressure, heart rate and self-reported symptoms (such as dizziness) will be collected multiple times during sitting, standing, and walking conditions when on land.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Land exercise