Rationale and Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Whole Muscle Exercise Training Effects in Outpatients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (WHOLEi+12)

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Physical exercise is an important component in the management of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to determine the effects of an 8-week intervention combining muscle resistance, aerobic and inspiratory pressure load exercises in PAH outpatients.

METHODS: The RCT will be conducted from September 2015 to September 2016 following the recommendations of the Consolidated Standards of Reported Trials (CONSORT), with a total sample size of n ≥ 48 (≥24 participants/group). We will determine the effects of the intervention on: (i) skeletal-muscle power and mass (primary end points); and (ii) NT-proBNP, cardiopulmonary exercise testing variables (VO2peak, ventilatory equivalent for CO2 at the anaerobic threshold (VE/VCO2 at the AT), end-tidal pressure of CO2 at the anaerobic threshold (PETCO2 at the AT), 6-min walking distance (6MWD), maximal inspiratory pressure (PImax), health-related quality of life (HRQoL), objectively-assessed spontaneous levels of physical activity, and safety (secondary end points).

CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES: This trial will provide insight into biological mechanisms of the disease and indicate the potential benefits of exercise in PAH outpatients, particularly on muscle power.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Cardiovascular drugs and therapy - 29(2015), 6 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 543-550

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sanchis-Gomar, Fabian [VerfasserIn]
González-Saiz, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Sanz-Ayan, Paz [VerfasserIn]
Fiuza-Luces, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Quezada-Loaiza, Carlos A [VerfasserIn]
Flox-Camacho, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Santalla, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Munguía-Izquierdo, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Santos-Lozano, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Pareja-Galeano, Helios [VerfasserIn]
Ara, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Escribano-Subías, Pilar [VerfasserIn]
Lucia, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing
Journal Article
NT-proBNP
Pulmonary disease
Resistance exercise
VO2peak

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Date Revised 18.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10557-015-6623-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM254207227