Estimating the efficacy of isometric handgrip training to lower resting blood pressure in patients with stage 1 hypertension in Eastern Uganda compared to standard of care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Kate Zinszer, Henry Isabirye, Charles Kalumuna, Katia Charland, Agaba Katureebe, Margot Barbosa Da Torre, Paula M van Wyk, Stella Nabirye, Jessie Stone, Phillip Levy, Cheri McGowan · 2025
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Kate Zinszer and co-authors lay out a trial of handgrip training to lower blood pressure in eastern Uganda, in a protocol from two thousand twenty-five. Two hundred fifty adults with stage one high pressure and no recent drugs will join by lot. The site is a community clinic where control rates run low.
Half get standard care alone, and half add grip sessions three times a week for twelve weeks. Each session is four two-minute squeezes with rest gaps, done in twelve minutes total. Resting top pressure at twelve weeks is the main measure, with monthly checks. Readers get a low-cost, low-time plan whose results are still to come.
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| CREATOR | Kate Zinszer, Henry Isabirye, Charles Kalumuna, Katia Charland, Agaba Katureebe, Margot Barbosa Da Torre, Paula M van Wyk, Stella Nabirye, Jessie Stone, Phillip Levy, Cheri McGowan |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |