Training With Elastic Tubing in Cardiopaths: Clinical Trial

Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

Status: Completed

Conditions: Resistance Training; Cardiovascular Diseases; Muscular Strength

Treatments: Other: resistive exercise with elastic tube

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03580538

44443915.5.0000.5515

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: Resistance training is effective in cardiac rehabilitation; however, other types of training, such as elastic tubing, are rarely used and may present good therapeutic alternatives. Due to its practicality and cost effectiveness, training using elastic tubing may become an important tool in cardiovascular rehabilitation. Objective: To evaluate muscular strength, functional capacity, aerobic capacity and quality of life in patients with cardiovascular diseases in phase II of rehabilitation, after resistance training with elastic tubing. Methods: patients with cardiovascular diseases performed training with elastic tubing for six weeks, twice a week and the load was progressively increased every 15 days. The following muscle groups were evaluated and trained: shoulder abductors and flexors, elbow flexors, and knee flexors and extensors. Muscular strength was evaluated using a dynamometer; functional capacity with a 6-minute walk test and ergospirometric test; and quality of life using the SF-36 questionnaire. Data normality was assessed using the Shapiro Wilk test. Comparisons before and after training were performed using the paired Student's t test or the Wilcoxon test (p <5%).

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients of both sexes
• Aged between 45-79 years
• Clinical diagnosis of heart disease (coronary artery disease, postoperative myocardial revascularization, acute myocardial infarction)
• In phase II of CRP for at least three months

Exclusion criteria

• Patients hemodynamically unstable
• Patients with changes in medication for a minimum of 30 days
• Patients who presented arteriopathies, neurological, muscular or orthopedic disorders, such as rheumatism and unstable heart disease that could be detected by electrocardiogram, and lung diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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13 participants in 1 patient group

elastic tube group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: resistive exercise with elastic tube