Impact of Additional Resistance Training During Rehabilitation Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Heart Failure
• Interventions: Other: Exercise therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04688827
• Lead Sponsor: Hasselt University

Brief Summary

The impact of moderate- or low-intensity resistance training will be investigated additional to endurance training in heart failure patients following rehabilitation. The aim is to optimize intensity of resistance training in this patient population.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-12-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-12-28
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-30
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-07
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-08
• Study Start: 2021-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-01
• Study Completion: 2023-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of heart failure and participation in cardiac rehabilitation

Exclusion Criteria

• Orthopedic disorders, neurological disorders affecting muscle strength, cognitive disorders, heart or arterial surgery (percutaneous coronary intervention, bypass, heart valve surgery) in the last year, acute myocardial infarction in the last 6 months, participation in another intervention

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
training group 2: moderate-intensity resistance training	Exercise therapy	-
training group 1: low-intensity resistance training	Exercise therapy	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
VO2peak	After 24 weeks of follow-up	Maximal oxygen consumption during cardiopulmonary exercise test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional capacity	After 24 weeks of follow-up	Functional capacity evaluated via the six-minute walking test
Anthropometric measurements	After 24 weeks of follow-up	body weight evaluated to determine body mass index
Quality of life in heart failure patients	After 24 weeks of follow-up	Evaluation via Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire
Muscle strength	After 24 weeks of follow-up	One-repetition maximum test (1RM) to evaluate maximal contraction of the muscle
Cardiac function	After 24 weeks of follow-up	left-ventricular ejection fraction evaluated by transthoracic echocardiography

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg; 🇧🇪 Genk, Limburg, Belgium