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Home-based Exercise Training in Cardiac Patients

NCT03704025 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2022-01-06

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Summary

The investigators hypothesize that exercise training program guided by virtual augmented reality glasses or by video from computer screen used at home will improve motivation into exercise training and results in superior adherence to exercise training compared to current practice. The primary objectives of this research project are to study the effects of exercise training guidance by novel technology on 1) exercise capacity, 2) adherence to exercise training, 3) changes in cardiac autonomic function and 4) quality of life in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients.

Conditions

  • Physical Fitness
  • Patient Adherence
  • Quality of Life
  • Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Current guidelines rehabilitation

Exercise training intervention is six months and includes four to five aerobic and two strength training session a week according to American Heart Association guidelines for coronary artery disease patients. All the patients will have a detailed and personalized training diary.

BEHAVIORAL

Mobile device guided rehabilitation

Exercise training intervention is six months and includes four to five aerobic and two strength training session a week according to American Heart Association guidelines for coronary artery disease patients. Study group will have virtual glasses or mobile device to motivate and control exercise training program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Business Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oulu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mikko P Tulppo, PhD · University of Oulu

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-03
Primary Completion
2021-01-05
Completion
2021-01-05

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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