Whole Muscle Exercise Training (WHOLEi+12) in Pulmonary Hypertension

European University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Exercise Therapy

Treatments: Other: exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02288442

UEMadrid

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this RCT is to study the effects of whole muscle training (inspiratory muscle training + aerobic training + muscle resistance training) on muscle power, VO2peak and gas-exchange variables obtained during cardiopulmonary exercise testing, QoL, functional capacity (eg, 6-min walking distance), and maximal inspiratory pressure in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed pulmonary hypertension, class II-III NYHA, no syncope in the last 3 months (stable clinical condition) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Exclusion criteria

• Not meeting the above

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

control

No Intervention group

exercise

Experimental group

Description:

exercise intervention during 8 weeks

Treatment:

Other: exercise