Eccentric Resistance Training Among Individuals With Chronic Heart Failure

Riphah International University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: Eccentric Resistive Training + Aerobic training Group; Other: Resistance Training + Aerobic training Group; Other: Aerobic training Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06032780

ISB/REC/PhD/01199 Iqbal Tariq

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effects of eccentric resistive training on ventricle functions and aerobic capacity as compared to a resistance and aerobic training among Heart failure (HF)

Enrollment: 84 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of Chronic HF and currently stable with optimal medical therapy
• Chronic Heart failure with ejection fraction > 30 %
• Patient able to safely perform lower limb exercise will be check by six- minute walk test (6 MWT)

Exclusion criteria

• Those Heart failure patient whose are in acute phase or planed for any immediate medical intervention
• Already participating in cardiac rehabilitation
• New York Heart Association (NYHA) Classification of HF class IV HF symptoms
• Co-existent other disease such as asthma/ COPD/interstitial lung disease.
• Symptomatic Second degree or third degree heart block.
• ECG with uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia
• Limited Exercise ability due to neurologic or orthopedic impairments of the legs (will cross-check with 6 MWT)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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84 participants in 3 patient groups

Eccentric Resistive Training + Aerobic training Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Eccentric Resistive Training + Aerobic training Group

Resistance Training + Aerobic training Group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Resistance Training + Aerobic training Group

Aerobic training Group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Aerobic training Group