Study on Heart Rate Variability in Cardiac Transplant Recipients With Exercise and After Exercise Training

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Transplant Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: usual care; Behavioral: Exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01760538

NSC 90-2314-B-002-313

1913

NSC 91-2314-B-002-320

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes on heart rate variability, exercise capacity, activities of daily living, and quality of life after aerobic exercise training in cardiac transplant recipients.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Heart transplant recipients with stable post operation condition
• Age between 20-70 years
• No acute or severe chronic rejection

Exclusion criteria

• Any condition that might affect exercise performance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

exercise training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise training

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

usual care

Treatment:

Behavioral: usual care