Aerobic Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Norwegian University of Science and Technology90 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to compare home-based aerobic interval training with supervised interval training performed in groups or on a treadmill at the hospital.

Cardiac rehabilitation is usually first offered in hospitals, but there are several studies that show that home-based rehabilitation is equally efficient. How this comes out when exercise is organized as aerobic interval training is not known.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Myocardial Infarction Coronary Artery Disease

Interventions

Exercise trainingOTHER

Interval training at 90% of max heart rate. Warm-up of 10-15 minutes up to 70% of HRmax, then 4 minutes of exercise at 90%. 3 minutes of active pause between the intervals. Total 45 minutes of exercise. Twice a week.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * coronary artery disease * age over 18 * referred to cardiac rehabilitation * exercise tolerance demonstrated Exclusion Criteria: * severe arrhythmia * heart failure * drug abuse * pregnancy

Locations (1)

St.Olavs University Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

VO2peak

Time frame: baseline, after 12 weeks and after 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

quality of life

Time frame: baseline, 12 weeks and 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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