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Effects of exercise training on cardiovascular risk factors in HIV patients

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular risk
C02.782.815.616.400.040
C18.452.394.968.500.570
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
NameTimeMethod
Functional capacity measured by oxygen consumption a (increase over 5%) evaluated by cardiopulmonary exercise test.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Physical activity level evaluated by international physical activity questionnaire;Oxidative stress (evaluted by glutathione disulfide to glutathione ratio and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances)
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