Water Exercise and Vascular Function in Elderly

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Status

Completed

Conditions

Elderly Women

Treatments

Other: Exercise

Other: Educational lectures

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01642654

yula01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objectives:

The purpose of this research was to assess modifications caused by a concurrent water exercise program on plasma nitrite (NO3), cerebral vascular resistance and cholesterol in the elderly and analyze the correlations between these variables after intervention.

Methods The sample was composed of 40 women mean age 69,21 ±5,27 years old, divided into an intervention (WG) and control group (CG). It was to measure nitrite concentration (NO3) by the Griess reaction; internal cerebral arteries were assessed by Doppler ultrasound to determine the resistivity index and Cholesterol was determined using the colorimetric enzymatic method and test kit. Intervention with water exercise program consisted of three weekly sessions for 16 weeks.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

60 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

older than 60 and lass than 80 years age;
the elderly should be independent in their ADLs;
be considered able for medical evaluation to participate in the intervention and testing protocols;
still not be participating in regular systematized physical activity for at least six months.

Exclusion criteria

subjects with any form of transmittable or uncontrolled disease or insulin-dependent hypertensive;
unable to perform functional autonomy tests;
women undergo hormonal replacement therapy