Target Heart Rate and Aerobic Interval Training

Coronary Artery Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Exercise Intensity and Target Heart Rate During Aerobic Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01550081
• Other study ID #: 2011/2632
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 7, 2012
• Last updated: November 27, 2013
• Start date: March 2012
• Est. completion date: June 2013

Study information

• Verified date: November 2013
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Norway:National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Aerobic interval training is shown to be superior in increasing oxygen uptake in both healthy and patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), compared to moderate continuous training. However, in cardiac rehabilitation exercise groups, exercise intensity is usually controlled with perceived exertion (Borg scale). The investigators will investigate degree of agreement between target heart rate and perceived exertion during interval training in cardiac rehabilitation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: June 2013
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• referred to cardiac rehabilitation

• able to perform exercise treadmill test

Exclusion Criteria:

• unstable angina

• severe arrhythmias

• heart failure

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Coronary Artery Disease
• Coronary Disease
• Myocardial Ischemia

Intervention

Other:
• Rate of perceived exertion
Exercise intensity controlled by Borg scale
• Heart rate monitor
Exercise intensity controlled by heart rate monitors

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Department of circulation and medical imaging, NTNU	Trondheim	Sør-Trøndelag

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

References & Publications (1)

Aamot IL, Forbord SH, Karlsen T, Støylen A. Does rating of perceived exertion result in target exercise intensity during interval training in cardiac rehabilitation? A study of the Borg scale versus a heart rate monitor. J Sci Med Sport. 2014 Sep;17(5):54 — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	degree of agreement between target heart rate (THR) and perceived exertion	Exercise intensity during one-hour exercise session monitored by Borg, subsequently one-hour exercise session monitored by heart rate monitor	up to 1 hour	No