NCT02077426

Heart Failure and Regional Specific Exercise Training Stimulus

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether heart failure patients can tolerate a four-weeks of a new exercise training regimen that targets peripheral tissues (Regional Specific Training Stimulus-RSTS) and has been show to produce significant benefits in aerobic capacity and strength in healthy subjects aged 70+years who were at risk for losing functional independence.

Conditions

• Heart Failure
• Sedentary

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Regional Specific Training (RSTS)	The RSTS protocol was designed to focus on specific peripheral muscle groups without imposing a significant cardiorespiratory strain. Each exercise involved contractions with moderate load but with an extended duration of up to six minutes. Eight specific exercises were performed to target all major muscle groups and enable the routine to be completed within 60 minutes including warm-up, rest periods and stretching between exercises, and cool down exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2014-03-04
• Last updated: 2014-09-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States