NCT04025385

High-Intensity-Interval-Training in Geriatric Rehabilitation - A Feasibility Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Klinik Valens · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Study with Patients (40-60 participants) above the age of 65. There will be a comparison of regular training on ergometer (10 trainings within 2 weeks, 40 min each) to high intensity interval training on ergometer (6 trainings within 2 weeks, 25 min each). At the beginning and at the end will be a spiroergometer to measure the individual limits and vO2max, which will be compared amongst the two groups. To receive a subjective feedback, there will be a series of questionnaires at the beginning, after one week and at the end. The goal of this study is to get more information about whether a HII-Training is feasible with elderly patients and whether they can profit form it.

Conditions

• Rehabilitation
• Post-Operative Condition
• Deconditioning After Acute Hospital
• Oncology

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	High Intensity Interval Training	Training for 25 min with four 1 minute intervals when participants exercise up to 80% of their individual limits.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-30
• Primary completion: 2020-09-30
• Completion: 2021-12-15
• First posted: 2019-07-18
• Last updated: 2021-03-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland