Coronary Artery Disease, Myocardial Infarction
Conditions
Keywords
rehabilitation outcome, cardiac patients, exercise intensity
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to compare home-based aerobic interval training with supervised interval training performed in groups or on a treadmill at the hospital.
Detailed description
Cardiac rehabilitation is usually first offered in hospitals, but there are several studies that show that home-based rehabilitation is equally efficient. How this comes out when exercise is organized as aerobic interval training is not known.
Interventions
OTHERExercise training
Interval training at 90% of max heart rate. Warm-up of 10-15 minutes up to 70% of HRmax, then 4 minutes of exercise at 90%. 3 minutes of active pause between the intervals. Total 45 minutes of exercise. Twice a week.
Sponsors
St. Olavs Hospital
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* coronary artery disease * age over 18 * referred to cardiac rehabilitation * exercise tolerance demonstrated
Exclusion criteria
* severe arrhythmia * heart failure * drug abuse * pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VO2peak | baseline, after 12 weeks and after 1 year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| quality of life | baseline, 12 weeks and 1 year |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed