Exercise Training Associated With Inspiratory Muscle Training in Heart Failure

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: Exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01747395

ICRESP814/10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize that aerobic exercise training associated with respiratory muscle training will cause additional benefits compared to isolated exercise training or respiratory training in chronic heart failure patients.

Full description

The investigators hypothesize that aerobic exercise training associated with respiratory muscle training will cause additional benefits in the autonomic control and respiratory function compared to isolated exercise training or respiratory training in chronic heart failure patients.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with systolic heart failure and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III
• Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40%
• Peak Oxygen Consumption less than 20 ml/Kg/min

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Neuromuscular, Orthopedic, Neurologic and Neoplastic Diseases
• Recent myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery (less than 6 months)
• Unstable angina pectoris
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Pacemakers users
• Actual Smoker
• Pregnant
• Changing medication or hospital admission

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 4 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No exercise group (sedentary)

Aerobic Exercise Training

Experimental group

Description:

Group undergoing isolate aerobic exercise training 3 times/week, during 40 minutes, for 04 mouths

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training

Inspiratory Muscle Training

Experimental group

Description:

Group undergoing isolate inspiratory muscle training 7 times/week, during 30 minutes, for 04 mouths

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training

Aerobic+Inspiratory Muscle Training

Experimental group

Description:

Group undergoing aerobic exercise training (3 times/week during 40 minutes) associate inspiratory muscle training (7 times/week during 30 minutes) for 04 mounths

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training