NCT01914406

High-intensity Interval Training Versus Moderate Continuous Training in Heart Transplant Recipients.

High-intensity Interval Training Versus Moderate Continuous Training in Heart Transplant Recipients With Impaired Chronotropic Response: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of high intensity aerobic interval training (AIT) versus moderate continuous training (CON) in heart transplant recipients.

Detailed description

Clinically stable heart transplant recipients \> 12 month or more after HTx, age \> 18 years, willing and capable of giving written informed consent for study participation and anticipated to be able to participate in the study for 12 months were included from the Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital. Patients were excluded due to unstable condition or postoperative complications, recent severe rejection episodes (\>H1R \< 3 month), physical disabilities which prevent participation and re-transplantation or multi-organtransplantation.

Conditions

• Heart Transplant Recipients

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	high intense interval training	Each AIT session consisted a 10 minute warm-up period followed by 16 minutes of interval training consisting of intervals of 4-3-2 and 1 minutes duration at 85-95% of their peak capacity separated by 2-4 min active rest.
OTHER	continuous moderate training	Continued exercise 45 min.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2013-10-01
• First posted: 2013-08-02
• Last updated: 2023-10-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark