Effects of exercise training on cardiovascular risk factors in HIV patients
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular riskC02.782.815.616.400.040C18.452.394.968.500.570
- Registration Number
- RBR-7fnbz7
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
HIV+ subjects on a stable HAART regimen for at least 3 months before enrollment; he viral load should be less than 50 copies/mL blood and they should not practice any exercise regularly for, at least, six months before to start the training protocol.
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects with a previous history of neurological disease; antioxidant supplements, tobacco and/or drug use, physical and/or mental disability and pregnant women were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional capacity measured by oxygen consumption a (increase over 5%) evaluated by cardiopulmonary exercise test.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical activity level evaluated by international physical activity questionnaire;Oxidative stress (evaluted by glutathione disulfide to glutathione ratio and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances)