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Home Walking Exercise Training in Advanced Heart Failure

NCT00012883 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2015-04-07

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Summary

Heart failure is a major public health burden in the United States characterized by increased morbidity and mortality, and reduce exercise capacity with distressing symptoms of dyspnea and fatigue. Evaluating the effects of complementary intervention (such as exercise training) on functional status and QOL are clinically important and relevant to HF patients.

In the last decade, hospital-based and a home bicycle exercise programs for HF have been shown to improve peak oxygen consumption (VO2) and symptom scores, and restore autonomic balance. These programs may be costly for patients to perform. Improved peak VO2 may not necessarily translate into improved functional status and quality of life. To date, the effects of a home walking exercise program alone on functional status, QOL and autonomic tone has not been evaluated.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Homewalking exercise program

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Teresita E. Corvera-Tindel, PhD RN MN · VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Completion
2001-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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