Status:
COMPLETED
Short-term, Home-based, High-intensity Interval Training (HIT) for Improving Fitness
Lead Sponsor:
University of Nottingham
Conditions:
High-Intensity Interval Training
Eligibility:
All Genders
55+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study will aim to evaluate the efficacy of a short-term, home-based, high-intensity interval (HIT) programme in improving cardiovascular fitness in healthy volunteers aged 55 and above, with an a...
Detailed Description
Patients with lower peak oxygen uptake have higher mortality and morbidity when undergoing major surgery. Aerobic fitness is a potentially modifiable risk factor for postoperative complications. Trad...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \> 55 years Able to give informed consent
Exclusion
- Current participation in a formal exercise regime
- A BMI \< 18 or \> 35 kg·m2
- Active cardiovascular disease:
- Uncontrolled hypertension (BP \> 160/100)
- Angina
- Heart failure (class III/IV)
- Significant arrhythmia
- Right to left cardiac shunt
- Recent cardiac event
- Taking beta-adrenergic blocking agents
- Cerebrovascular disease:
- Previous stroke
- Aneurysm (large vessel or intracranial)
- Epilepsy
- Respiratory disease including:
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Significant COPD
- Uncontrolled asthma
- Malignancy
- Metabolic disease e.g. diabetic patients
- Clotting dysfunction
- Significant Musculoskeletal or neurological disorders
- Family history of early (\<55y) death from cardiovascular disease
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 3 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03473990
Start Date
October 3 2017
End Date
October 1 2019
Last Update
August 17 2020
Active Locations (1)
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The University of Nottingham, Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, School of Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital
Derby, United Kingdom, DE22 3DT