Connect2Move: Valorization of Natural Cardio Trekking Hiking Trails

Summary

Regular exercise improves performance and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. Endurance and strength training are therefore forms of therapy with a high level of evidence in the prevention and rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases. In this context, Hiking has a special role, as endurance exercise not only has a cardio-preventive effect, but also other health-promoting effects can be achieved through exercise in nature. However, intense physical activity can also trigger cardiovascular events, especially in poorly trained people. Hiking shows a particularly high rate of cardiovascular events including death. In addition to the incorrect assessment of the cardiovascular risk profile and physical performance, weather conditions (temperature, wind, precipitation) are often not included in the planning, which in combination further increases the risk of accidents. Hikers are rarely aware of the increased risk and prevent it through preventive medical examinations. Heart health can be assessed through a stress test or ergometry and at the same time endurance performance can be determined in the laboratory and training recommendations can be given based on the results. In order to use hiking specifically to prevent cardiovascular diseases and to reduce the risk of hiking accidents, this study sets the following goals:

1. Development, validation and dissemination of a standardized 1km cardio trekking test trail to record the individual physical endurance performance (= cardio profile), with the aim of personal categorization / determination of the stress intensities when walking and hiking on medium-sized hiking trails and alpine pastures .
2. Scientific conception and mapping of individual cardio profile standard routes through application-based data evaluation (digital cardio profile app) of the cardio trekking test trail for hiking tours in the partner regions Werfenweng and Aschau im Chiemgau.

The implementation of these goals should not replace the medical preventive examination, but serve as an additional prevention method.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Prevention
• Healthy
• Healthy Lifestyle

Interventions

OTHER

Measurement of cardiorespiratory performance in 3 different settings

The study is divided into three examinations days, which extend over a maximum of 2 weeks: * Day 1: Inclusion examination, time required: 1.5 hours Taking anamnesis, medical examination and blood drawing, determination of PROCAM score, Framingham score, ESC score, anthropometric measurements, questionnaires (IPAQ-physical activity, health status / quality of life (SF 36)), pulmonary function test, resting ECG, echocardiography, heart rate variability measurement (VO2max determination), spiroergometry (modified Bruce protocol) on the treadmill incl. inquiries about the BORG scale * Day 2: 1 km test trail, Time required: 1 hour: Completion of a 1 km cardio test path including mobile spiroergometry * Day 3: 8 km hike, time required approx. 3.5 hours: Participation in a guided cardio hike over 8 km, if applicable, including spiroergometry Afterwards (In Austria only): Logging of physical activity, physical motivation and accompanying circumstances over a period of 3 weeks

OTHER

GENERAL CARDIO HIKES AS PART OF GENERAL TOURIST OFFER OF MUNICIPALITIES

General cardio hikes (WITHOUT spirometric breathing gas analysis) on the selected hiking trails. Measurement of the heart rate as well as the route, time and walking speed using GPS geotracking using an anonymized user profile. User survey regarding the user-friendliness of the application.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention

  collaborator OTHER

• Paracelsus Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Klinik St. Irmingard - Fachklinik für Onkologie, Kardiologie, Psychosomatik und Psychotraumatologie

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Technical University of Munich

  lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age

45 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-08-01

Primary Completion

2022-04-30

Completion

2022-06-30

Countries

• Germany

Study Locations