Actively Recruiting
Manipulating Exercise Intensity and Affective Responses for Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
Led by Instituto Politécnico de Leiria · Updated on 2026-05-04
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Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
108 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
I
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Lead Sponsor
U
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pleasure-oriented exercise intensity manipulation increases physical activity (PA) behavior in patients who have suffered acute coronary syndrome during a cardiac rehabilitation program. The main question it aims to answer is: • the manipulation of exercise intensity performed to produce more pleasure and arousal will impact the PA behavior? Researchers will compare the PA levels and affective responses to see if the manipulation of exercise intensity guided to pleasure and arousal works to increase PA behavior compared to the control group who will follow a conventional exercise program. Participants will do: * sixteen individualized hospital exercise sessions (two per week) and complementary physical activity program integrated into their daily life * be evaluated before and at the end of the exercise sessions and after 3 months
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Manipulating Exercise Intensity and Affective Responses for Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients older than 18 years
- Diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome within the past 12 months
- Have not participated previously in a cardiac rehabilitation program
- Classified as low-risk (Class B) by American Heart Association criteria, including: (a) New York Heart Association class I or II (b) Exercise capacity greater than 6 METs (c) No heart failure (d) No myocardial ischemia or angina at rest or during exercise up to 6 METs (e) Appropriate systolic blood pressure response during exercise (f) No sustained or non-sustained ventricular tachycardia at rest or during exercise
You will not qualify if you...
- Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40% at rest
- Uncontrolled arrhythmias such as complex ventricular arrhythmias or rapid atrial fibrillation/flutter
- Presence of an implantable cardiac device
- Symptomatic peripheral arterial disease
- Comorbidities interfering with safe exercise participation
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Leiria
Leiria, Portugal, 2410-197
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Hospital de Leiria
Leiria, Portugal
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
F
Filipa Januario, MMed
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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