NCT02584192

Efficacy of Early Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lin Xu · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of this CR program on the improvement of myocardial function using the three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (3D-STE) in AMI patients.

Detailed description

The effect of early short-term home-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program on left ventricular function in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients is not clear yet.

Conditions

• Acute Myocardial Infarction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	entailing an early home-based CR program	enter the early outpatient phase of CR program. The progressive exercise training of this phase was performed without supervision after their discharge. The CR program consisted of a five-minute warm-up period (stretching), a twenty-minute aerobic exercise (walking or trotting, gymnastics), and a five-minute cooling-down period (stretching)
OTHER	enter the usual care program	enter the usual care program, including the importance of carrying out physical activity, which was performed during inpatient care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-08-01
• Completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2015-10-22
• Last updated: 2015-10-22