High-intensity Interval Training and Telerehabilitation (HIIT-TR)

Brno University Hospital

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments

Behavioral: Moderate-intensity continuous training

Behavioral: High-Intensity Interval Training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04552652

RHO58/20

Details and patient eligibility

About

Telerehabilitation has the potential to become an alternative attitude to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. The aim of our study is to research the method of high-intensity interval training in the home environment using telerehabilitation. Investigators assume that the high-intensity interval training form of telerehabilitation, using a heart rate monitor as a tool for backing up training data, can improve physical fitness and lead to higher peak oxygen uptake as the traditional moderate-intensity continuous training. The study is designed as a monocentral randomized controlled trial at University Hospital Brno in the Czech Republic.

After the coronary event, eligible patients will be randomly (in 1:1 ratio) separated into two groups: the experimental high-intensity interval training group and the moderate-intensity continuous control group. Both groups undergo a 12-week telerehabilitation training program with a 52-week follow-up period. The primary outcome observed will be the effect of intervention expressed by changes in peak oxygen uptake values.

Full description

The study relates to the previous study project CR-GPS, in which investigators proved the feasibility of cardiac telerehabilitation. The results showed that aerobic capacity and quality of life improved similarly in telerehabilitation and outpatient group of participating patients. During the research, investigators used the moderate-intensity continuous method. The present research focuses on high-intensity interval training, which presents comparable or even better results in cardiorespiratory condition effects and requires less time than a continuous method in patients with low or medium cardiovascular risk.

Enrollment

76 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants with coronary artery disease (in last two months)
with low or medium cardiovascular risk
with heart revascularization
with recommended pharmacotherapy
with clinically stable state
with the ability to perform a cardiopulmonary exercise test
with the ability to understand and write in the Czech language
with an internet connection at home
literacy with information and communication technology

Exclusion criteria

Participants who were hospitalized with heart disease in the previous six weeks
with psychological severe or cognitive disorders
with contraindications for cardiopulmonary exercise testing
with severe training limitations besides coronary artery disease
with a planned intervention or operation
participants who are enrolled in or participate in an outpatient form of cardiac rehabilitation
participants who plan to be or are included in other studies