High-intensity Interval Training Versus Moderate Continuous Training in Heart Transplant Recipients.

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Transplant Recipients

Treatments: Other: continuous moderate training; Other: high intense interval training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01914406

H-3-2010 030

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of high intensity aerobic interval training (AIT) versus moderate continuous training (CON) in heart transplant recipients.

Full description

Clinically stable heart transplant recipients > 12 month or more after HTx, age > 18 years, willing and capable of giving written informed consent for study participation and anticipated to be able to participate in the study for 12 months were included from the Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital.

Patients were excluded due to unstable condition or postoperative complications, recent severe rejection episodes (>H1R < 3 month), physical disabilities which prevent participation and re-transplantation or multi-organtransplantation.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-stable Heart transplant recipients > 12 month or more after HTx, age > 18 years,< 80. willing and capable of giving written informed consent for study participation.

Exclusion criteria

unstable condition postoperative complications, recent severe rejection episodes (>H1R < 3 month), re-transplantation or multi-organtransplantation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

high intense interval training

Other group

Description:

Each AIT session consisted a 10 minute warm-up period followed by 16 minutes of interval training consisting of intervals of 4-3-2 and 1 minutes duration at 85-95% of their peak capacity separated by 2-4 min active rest.

Treatment:

Other: high intense interval training

continuous moderate training

Active Comparator group

Description:

Continued exercise 45 min.

Treatment:

Other: continuous moderate training