Isometric Exercises in Healthy Elderly Individuals

Salameh Aldaja

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Other: Young isometric exercise

Other: Exercises

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04932733

337-1/1

Details and patient eligibility

About

A total of 58 participants were selected and divided into two groups equally, namely, elderly, and young groups with the age groups of 60-80 years and 20-30 years, respectively. The Heart Rate (HR), Respiratory Rate (RR), Blood Pressure (BP), Oxygen Saturation (SaO2), and Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) for each participant were assessed before and after the treatment session.

Full description

The elderly participants in the experimental group and the young participants in the control group underwent a single session of 5-minute quadriceps isometric exercise. The participant was asked to take rest of 10 minutes before performing the exercise. After that, the exercise was performed from a long-sitting position.

Enrollment

58 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

The inclusion criteria were normotensive males and females in the above age groups.

Exclusion criteria

Participants with a chronic history of alcohol, smoking, resting tachycardia (>100 beats per min), hypertension, history of any other cardiovascular disorders, any peripheral vascular disease, those on a regular exercise program, and uncooperative participants.