NCT02318459

High Intensity Interval Training in Geriatrics

High Intensity Interval Training for thE Rehabilitation of Geriatric Patients - a Feasibility Pilot studY.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a pilot study for evaluating the feasibility of using High Intensity Interval Training in geriatric hospitalized patients compared to the standard current rehabilitation practice.

Detailed description

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) has shown a superior effectiveness and efficiency when compared to Moderate Intensity Continuous Training (MICT) in several types of patients and in healthy subjects. There are no data on HIIT in a general geriatric population. This study is a pilot study evaluating the feasibility of using HIIT in geriatric hospitalized patients compared to the standard current rehabilitation practice without HIIT. It is our desire to perform a larger randomized comparative trial between HIIT and MICT if the pilot study proves its feasibility.

Conditions

• Muscle Weakness
• Gait, Unsteady

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	high intensity interval training-HIIT	HIIT 4 times a week, 30 minutes duration
OTHER	Traditionnal group rehabilitation	Traditionnal group rehabilitation, 3 times a week, 1 hour duration

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2016-02-01
• First posted: 2014-12-17
• Last updated: 2016-11-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland