Can electrically-assisted bicycles be recommended for patients with heart disease?

Completed

• Conditions: Patients with coronary artery disease, treated with percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting.; Circulatory System; Coronary artery disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN32238279
• Lead Sponsor: Heart Center Hasselt

Brief Summary

1. 2017 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29017395 (added 22/01/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2015-05-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 11 February 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

1. Coronary artery disease patients, treated with percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting
2. Patients should have completed phase II of cardiac rehabilitation
3. Absence of severe pulmonary and/or renal disease
4. Absence of neurological and/or orthopedic disease (that would limit the patient's possibility to cycle)
5. Absence of pacemaker
6. Gender: both male and female
7. Age: between 50-75 years old
8. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Presence of severe pulmonary and/or renal disease
2. Presence of neurological and/or orthopedic disease (that would limit the patient's possibility to cycle)
3. Presence of pacemaker
4. Age: <50 or > 75 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified