Aerobic Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease; Myocardial Infarction

Treatments: Other: Exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00964067

HJERTEREHAB2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare home-based aerobic interval training with supervised interval training performed in groups or on a treadmill at the hospital.

Full description

Cardiac rehabilitation is usually first offered in hospitals, but there are several studies that show that home-based rehabilitation is equally efficient. How this comes out when exercise is organized as aerobic interval training is not known.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• coronary artery disease
• age over 18
• referred to cardiac rehabilitation
• exercise tolerance demonstrated

Exclusion criteria

• severe arrhythmia
• heart failure
• drug abuse
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Treadmill group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Interval exercise performed on treadmills, supervised

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training

Exercise groups

Active Comparator group

Description:

Supervised and organised in groups of ten

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training

home-based exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Interval training at home, free choice of modality

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training