Training at Different Intensities in Coronary Artery Disease -Effects on Myocardial Function

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise training for 10 weeks

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00201591

Trehab I NTNU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study investigated if aerobic endurance exercise of different intensity has different impact on the physical capacity and myocardial function in patients with coronary artery disease. Patients with stable CAD trained for 10 weeks, and oxygen consumption and myocardial function were measured before and after this period. Patients were randomly assigned to each exercise group.

Full description

Peak oxygen consumption was measured by gas-analysis. Myocardial function was measured by echocardiography. Exercise was performed on treadmills under close supervision of an exercise physiologist. Patients had to complete over 70% of sessions to be included in analysis. Three sessions were scheduled every week. Heart rate (HR) was about 85 % of max HR in the high intensity group, and about 65 % in the moderate intensity group.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• stable coronary artery disease
• over 4 months since cardiovascular event

Exclusion criteria

• heart failure
• inability to exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)