Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
This is a randomized controlled clinical trial with two parallel arms and double blinding including 50 participants with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction randomly allocated into two groups
Sponsors
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia - INC
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia - INC
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients of both sexes; diagnosis of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction lower than forty percent ; participants of the cardiac rehabilitation program at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia with regular participation at least twice per week for at least three months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Inability to understand the commands required to perform inspiratory muscle training or aerobic exercise; physical limitation preventing the performance of inspiratory muscle training or aerobic exercise; presence of signs of infection at the time of recruitment or intervention; patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class IV
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate the variation in systolic blood pressure between the intervention group and the control group after performing breathing exercises associated with aerobic exercise on a cycle ergometer, verified through blood pressure measurement using the auscultatory method with sphygmomanometer and stethoscope, observing the difference between values obtained before and after the intervention in both groups | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate the variation in diastolic blood pressure between the pre and post intervention moments in the intervention and control groups, verified through blood pressure measurement using the auscultatory method with sphygmomanometer and stethoscope, observing the difference between the values obtained before and after performing inspiratory muscle training associated with aerobic exercise on a cycle ergometer;Evaluate the variation in heart rate between the pre and post intervention moments in the intervention and control groups, verified through heart rate monitoring using a cardiac monitor during aerobic exercise on a cycle ergometer associated or not with inspiratory muscle training, observing the difference between the values recorded before and after the intervention;Evaluate the perceived exertion during aerobic exercise associated or not with inspiratory muscle training, verified through the Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale, observing the values reported by participants during the intervention | — |
Countries
BR
Contacts
Public ContactKarolina Siciliano
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia - INC
Outcome results
None listed