Study of Atenolol Influence on Blood Pressure During Resistance Exercise

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study was designed to investigate if atenolol is able to blunt blood pressure increase during resistance exercise in hypertensive subjects.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
• Collaborator: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
• Treatments: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Atenolol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• hypertension with blood pressure levels below 160/105 mmHg under placebo.

• age between 30 and 60 years

• nonobese

Exclusion Criteria:

• target organ lesion

• cardiovascular risk factor

• cardiovascular disease

• physically active