Effect of Exercise After Heart Transplantation

Oslo University Hospital51 enrolled

Overview

This is a randomized controlled trial which will include approximately 50 heart transplant recipients 1-8 years after heart transplantation. The intervention and follow up period is 1 year. The primary purpose is to investigate if systematic, high intensity, interval-based aerobic exercise training results in a greater improvement of exercise capacity (measured by VO2peak) than previously shown in heart transplant recipients.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Heart Transplantation

Interventions

Interval-based aerobic exerciseOTHER

High intensity interval-based aerobic exercise training. Duration: 1 year. Three 8-weeks supervised periods of physical training 3 times per week. Individual training 2 times per week between these periods.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Norwegian heart transplanted patients \> 18 years of age * 1-8 years after heart transplantation * Optimal medical treatment * Stable condition * Written informed consent * Must have access to a physical therapist or personal trainer in their hometown * Motivation for exercise Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable condition * In need of revascularization or other invention * Infections, open wounds or skin diseases * Physical disabilities which prevent participation * Other diseases, illnesses or conditions which contradict exercise

Locations (1)

Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet

Oslo, Norway