Blood Pressure Changes During Moderate Intensity Strength Training in Aortic Stent-graft Patients

Peak Systolic Blood Pressure in Heart Patients With Aortic Stent-graft During Moderate Intensity Strength Training: A Descriptive Intervention Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03424863

Enrollment

Registered

2018-02-07

Start date

2018-02-22

Completion date

2018-08-31

Last updated

2018-12-07

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Conditions

Aortic Stent Graft

Brief summary

Patients with an aortic stent graft are recommended to do muscle strengthening exercise as part of their rehabilitation. But, as excess blood pressure pose a risk to the integrity of the stent graft, high intensity muscle strengthening exercise may potentially be detrimental, and hence moderate intensity muscle strengthening is recommended. However, the blood pressure changes during moderate intensity strengthening exercises are unknown, and this study aims to quantify these among patients and compare them to those of healthy volunteers. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the increase in blood pressure during quadriceps muscle strength training in patients with aortic stent graft. Methods: Patients with aortic stent graft will be included. The participants are investigated once. During the investigation, the blood pressure increase during a single strength training exercise (leg press) is measured. The strength training exercise is done at 60% of maximal strength (moderate intensity) corresponding to 15 Repitition Maximum (RM) (a load that can be lifted exactly 15 times).

Interventions

OTHERModerate Intensity Muscle Strengthening

1 session of lower extremity muscle strengthening at moderate intensity (60% of estimated maximal muscle strength). The exercise is performed on one single day.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

patients: * Adults (+18y) with aortic stent graft following aortic dissection or aneurism * Minimum 8 weeks post surgery * Strengthening exercise approved by treating cardiologist * Able to perform the exercise

Exclusion criteria

patients: * Lack of ability to read, speak or understand instructions in Danish or English * Other unspecified heart disease Inclusion Criteria healthy volunteers: * Adults (+18y) * In good health (self report)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Peak systolic pressure during a single lower extremity muscle strengthening exercise	5 minutes: 15 repetitions of leg press muscle strength exercise.	Blood pressure is measured continuously using a finger clamp measurement device (Nexfin)

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026