Effect of 3 Years of Exercise on Development of Atrial Fibrillation

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation

Treatments: Behavioral: Moderate intensity exercise; Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: High intensity exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01680302

2012/978b-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a substudy of "Generation 100". In that study, 4000 healthy persons between 70 and 75 will be randomised to a moderate intensity training group, a high intensity training group or control group, with 3 years of exercise. The investigators will follow these persons and register all who develop atrial fibrillation during these 3 years, and at follow-up after ended intervention to see if there is differences in the number of persons who develop atrial fibrillation in the 3 groups.

Enrollment: 1,567 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 70 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participating in the "Generation 100" study

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,567 participants in 3 patient groups

High intensity exercise

Experimental group

Description:

High intensity exercise(Borg 16) in intervals.

Treatment:

Behavioral: High intensity exercise

Moderate intensity exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Moderate intensity exercise 3 times a week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Moderate intensity exercise

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise on their own. Follow current guidelines.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control