Effects of Isometric Exercises on Balance, Heart Rate, Pulse Ox and Blood Pressure

NCT ID: NCT02599727

Last Updated: 2017-02-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2017-01-31

Brief Summary

Determine the effects repeated isometric exercises have on balance, blood pressure, heart rate and pulse ox. Another outcome measure will be a mental speed test (how quickly a subject can process information and make decisions based upon that information).

Detailed Description

Subjects will complete a mental speed test and will undergo Computerized Dynamic Posturography (CDP) testing using the modified Clinical Testing of Sensory Integration in Balance (mCTSIB) protocol: the subjects will be required to stand on a hard or compliant surface (a 4" tall foam cushion of known mechanical properties) in a comfortable posture, feet shoulder width, with eyes open or closed, head straight and arms to the side and free to move, gazing forward, and breathing normally. Immediately prior to the CDP testing, subjects will have their heart rate, blood pressure and pulse Ox measured. These will constitute the baseline information.

Subjects will then be divided into two groups: the isometric exercise group (they will be instructed to perform specific isometric exercises three times a week, for the next 8 weeks) and the control group (no exercises will be prescribe to them).

The same testing procedure indicated above will be followed at the end of the 8 weeks. The mental speed test, CDP testing, heart rate, blood pressure and pulse Ox will constitute the follow-up information.

Conditions

Exercise, Isometric

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Active Isometric exercise

Subjects performing the isometric exercises intervention

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Isometric exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

subjects will perform specific isometric exercises for 10-20 minutes, three times a week throughout the enrollment period

No exercise

Subjects not performing the isometric exercises intervention

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

No exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Subjects will go on with their life without any specific isometric exercise regimen during the enrollment period

Interventions

Isometric exercises

subjects will perform specific isometric exercises for 10-20 minutes, three times a week throughout the enrollment period

Intervention Type: OTHER

No exercise

Subjects will go on with their life without any specific isometric exercise regimen during the enrollment period

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy individuals

Exclusion Criteria

• Any pathology preventing the subject to safely perform the isometric exercises (the clinician enrolling the subjects will make the decision)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Frederick Carrick, PhD, FACCN

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Frederick R Carrick, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Locations

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

CI-IRB-20151104002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id