Eccentric Muscle Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Antwerp
About this trial
The goal of this interventional study is to assess the training effects in a training schedule in which eccentric overload training and eccentric cycle training are used.
Researchers will compare a training program of eccentric overload training and eccentric cycling training with a traditional training program of strength and cardio training in people with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
This study will be delivered in a cardiac rehabilitation setting.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
HFrEF patients with ejection fraction <40%
Exercise intolerance (<85% of predicted VO2 peak)
clinically stable for > 6 weeks, optimal medical treatment for > 6 weeks
Disqualifiers
Contra indications for cardiac exercise rehabilitation as per consensus guidelines and recommendations
Musculoskeletal disorders that hamper (progression in) strength training
Non-stabilized acute coronary syndrome
Current acute heart failure (decompensation)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- eccentric bike training
- eccentric overload training
- aerobic treadmill training
- aerobic bike training
- traditional dynamic strength training
Treatment groups
3 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov