Impact of prolonged exercise on cardiovascular function in healthy older humans: a pilot study

Impact of prolonged exercise on cardiovascular function in healthy older humans: a pilot study - Exercise in older humans

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON38041

Enrollment

Registered

2014-02-28

Start date

2014-05-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-29

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Conditions

cardiovascular disease

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - In preparation for the Nijmegen 4-Day Marches 2014 - Older than 60 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - History of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular complication (e.g. myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident) - History of (preventive) cardiac surgery (e.g. coronary artery bypass surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention) - Younger than 60 years

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pulmonary function (spirometry), muscle function and cardiac troponin will be included as secondary outcome parameters.	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Diastolic/systolic cardiac function (measured using echocardiography) and vascular function (measured as brachial artery flow-mediated dilation and pulse wave velocity) are primary outcome parameters.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results