NCT04562857

Effects of Exercise Training in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Sleep Apnea: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background: There are still many gaps in research concerning the effect of different physical training modalities on sleep deprivation in the population with different types of sleep apnea. Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of moderate-intensity interval training (MITT) on patients with different types of sleep apnea.

Detailed description

Methods: 15 Participants aged 45-65 years were randomized into two groups: obstructive sleep apnea group (OSA), and central sleep apnea group (CSA). The training lasted ten consecutive weeks with 30 uninterrupted sessions. The actigraph together with the Pittsburg sleep quality index (PSQI) was used in sleep quality assessment. The actigraph (Actiwatch Minimitter Company, Incorporated (INC) - Sunriver, OR, USA) was placed on the non-dominant wrist and activities were monitored continuously while being recorded at one-minute intervals. The participants kept the device for a period of 96 hours, filled PSQI, and did 6MWT before the first and last training sessions.

Conditions

• Sleep Deprivation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Moderate intensity interval training (MITT)	interval exercises (intervention) on bicycle for patients with AF and OSA or AF with CSA for 10 weeks, 3 times/week for duration of 30-45 min/ session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-10
• Completion: 2019-12-10
• First posted: 2020-09-24
• Last updated: 2021-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt