Impact of Additional Resistance Training During Rehabilitation Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure

Impact of Different Types of Resistance Training Additional to Endurance Training During Rehabilitation Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04688827

Enrollment

Registered

2020-12-30

Start date

2021-08-01

Completion date

2023-01-01

Last updated

2021-07-08

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Conditions

Heart Failure

Keywords

heart failure, resistance training, rehabilitation therapy

Brief summary

The impact of moderate- or low-intensity resistance training will be investigated additional to endurance training in heart failure patients following rehabilitation. The aim is to optimize intensity of resistance training in this patient population.

Interventions

OTHERExercise therapy

15 weeks of resistance training (additional to endurance training)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of heart failure and participation in cardiac rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

* Orthopedic disorders, neurological disorders affecting muscle strength, cognitive disorders, heart or arterial surgery (percutaneous coronary intervention, bypass, heart valve surgery) in the last year, acute myocardial infarction in the last 6 months, participation in another intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
VO2peak	Prior to the intervention	Maximal oxygen consumption during cardiopulmonary exercise test

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Muscle strength	Prior to the intervention	One-repetition maximum test (1RM) to evaluate maximal contraction of the muscle
Functional capacity	Prior to the intervention	Functional capacity evaluated via the six-minute walking test
Quality of life in heart failure patients	Prior to the intervention	Evaluation via Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire
Cardiac function	Prior to the intervention	left-ventricular ejection fraction evaluated by transthoracic echocardiography
Anthropometric measurements	Prior to the intervention	body weight evaluated to determine body mass index

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Primary ContactDominique Hansen, Professor

dominique.hansen@uhasselt.be011 29 21 26

Outcome results

None listed

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