NCT02263482

Inspiratory Muscle and Peripheral Muscle Training in Chronic Heart Failure

Inspiratory Muscle and Peripheral Muscle Combined Training Effects on the Respiratory and Functional Capacity and Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Naomi Kondo Nakagawa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that is the common end of several cardiac diseases with symptoms such as muscle fatigue, dyspnea and reduction of quality of life. To improve respiratory and general functional capacity of these patients, there are strategies that can be used such as inspiratory muscle training and peripheral muscle training (dynamic resistance training).

Detailed description

After agreement with the written informed consent, 35 subjects with severe heart failure were included in this study. They were randomized in three groups: controls, low-intensity and moderate-intensity group. All volunteers were assessed at Baseline and 8-weeks intervention. Cardiac events were registered following two years from baseline. The present study aimed to assess the effects of a combined program of inspiratory and peripheral muscle training on respiratory and general functional capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure.

Conditions

• Chronic Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	control	No intervention during the 8-weeks period of the study because of awaiting evaluation for cardiac rehabilitation or transplantation
OTHER	moderate-intensity group	Patients will be submitted to a 8-weeks training program with inspiratory muscle trained at 30% of the maximal inspiratory pressure (30 minutes/session/7 days/week) + peripheral muscle trained with exercises of upper limbs and lower limbs (50% 1 RM, increased every 2-weeks).
OTHER	low-intensity group	Patients will be submited to a 8 weeks training program, with inspiratory muscle trained at 15% of the maximal inspiratory pressure (30 minutes/session/7 days/week) + peripheral muscle trained with exercises of upper limbs and lower limbs (0,5 kg each)

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-10-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2014-10-13
• Last updated: 2015-12-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil