Endurance training characteristics and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Cycling

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Cardiac arrhythmias; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001418167
• Lead Sponsor: a Trobe University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-10-15
• Last Update Posted: 10 May 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

Participants must be regular cyclists (1 or more bouts of cycling of >30 min per week).
-Participants must be 18 years or older
-Understand both spoken and written English
-Participants must be currently cycling at least 1 session of 1 hour of cycling per week

Exclusion Criteria

-Any existing cardiac abnormalities or conditions.
-Any musculoskeltal conditions that would impact adherence or completion of the training.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frequency of cardiac arrhythmia events, ascertained by 24 hour ambulatory holter ECG recording.[Post-intervention (after 3 weeks of exercise training)]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Aerobic capacity, ass assessed via a cycling-based graded exercise test to exhaustion with expired gas analysis.[Pre-intervention (one day prior to the beginning of the intervention period)]