Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Response During Exercise and Sexual Activity in Normotensive and Hypertensive Volunteers

Completed

Conditions studied: Heart Rate, Blood Pressure

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of cardiac work as measured by heart rate and blood pressure during physical exertion compared to sexual activity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00143988

Run by

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

People needed

36

Starts

2004-05-01

Expected to finish

2007-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-08-24

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Current sexual partner less than six months duration or sexually inactive patients defined as engaging in sexual intercourse less than one time monthly
• Uncontrolled hypertension (resting blood pressure >160/100); secondary hypertension; renal failure (serum creatinine >3.0); congestive heart failure (NYHA functional Class III-IV); acute coronary syndrome; PCI or open heart surgery within past 3 months; cerebrovascular disease within the past 6 months and any other major medical or psychiatric disorder.
• Individuals who regularly (more than 3 times weekly) perform rigorous physical exercise.
• Individuals unable to perform an exercise treadmill stress test.
• Lack of informed consent

Where it is running

• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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