Heart Failure and Regional Specific Exercise Training Stimulus
| Status: | Not yet recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Cardiology |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 55 - 90 |
| Updated: | 11/8/2014 |
| Start Date: | June 2014 |
| Contact: | Mary Woessner, MA |
| Email: | mary.woessner@duke.edu |
| Phone: | 919-660-6788 |
The aim of this study is to determine whether heart failure patients can tolerate a
four-weeks of a new exercise training regimen that targets peripheral tissues (Regional
Specific Training Stimulus-RSTS) and has been show to produce significant benefits in
aerobic capacity and strength in healthy subjects aged 70+years who were at risk for losing
functional independence.
four-weeks of a new exercise training regimen that targets peripheral tissues (Regional
Specific Training Stimulus-RSTS) and has been show to produce significant benefits in
aerobic capacity and strength in healthy subjects aged 70+years who were at risk for losing
functional independence.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women between the ages of 55 and 90
- Diagnosed with heart failure (NYHA class II-III)
- Receiving optimal medical therapy
- Sedentary (≤ 30 min/wk structured physical activity)
- Peak VO2 between 10 and 30 mL/kg/min.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Oxygen dependent
- Recent medications changes (within 3 months)
- Fixed-rate pacemakers
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Type I diabetes
- Organ transplant
- Bariatric surgery
- Renal failure (stage 4 or 5)
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