INERTIA: A pilot study of the impact of progressive resistance training on blood pressure control in older adults with sarcopenia.

ABSTRACT: Sarcopenia, and high blood pressure are highly prevalent, preventable conditions that pose significant burden for older adults and on the healthcare system. Current prevention and treatment of high blood pressure in sarcopenia, by non-pharmacological approaches remain limited and are far from optimal. Clinical trials and mechanistic studies provide encouraging evidence of a plausible therapeutic effect of progressive resistance training (PRT) on blood pressure in younger, and pre-hypertensive and hypertensive older adults. The impact of PRT on blood pressure has not been empirically tested in older adults with sarcopenia. This pilot study aims to provide effect size confidence intervals, clinical trial and intervention feasibility data, and procedural materials for a full-scale randomized

SUBMITTER: Laddu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8453123 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature