Impact of Additional Resistance Training During Rehabilitation Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure

Hasselt University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: Exercise therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04688827

2020044

Details and patient eligibility

About

The impact of moderate- or low-intensity resistance training will be investigated additional to endurance training in heart failure patients following rehabilitation. The aim is to optimize intensity of resistance training in this patient population.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of heart failure and participation in cardiac rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

• Orthopedic disorders, neurological disorders affecting muscle strength, cognitive disorders, heart or arterial surgery (percutaneous coronary intervention, bypass, heart valve surgery) in the last year, acute myocardial infarction in the last 6 months, participation in another intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

training group 1: low-intensity resistance training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise therapy

training group 2: moderate-intensity resistance training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise therapy