Optimizing Aerobic Fitness in Older Adults

Description

Hospitalization and treatment for cardiovascular disease is one of the main contributors to disability in older adults. Moderate intensity continuous aerobic and resistance training have been the cornerstone of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for decades to remediate hospital-acquired functional deficits, but some groups receive less or minimal functional benefit from this training. The proposed studies seek to optimize recovery of aerobic fitness and physical function among older cardiac patients using a novel high intensity training regimen with the long-term goal of reducing subsequent disability and improving clinical outcomes.

Conditions

Aerobic Capacity, High Intensity Interval Training

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Hospitalization and treatment for cardiovascular disease is one of the main contributors to disability in older adults. Moderate intensity continuous aerobic and resistance training have been the cornerstone of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for decades to remediate hospital-acquired functional deficits, but some groups receive less or minimal functional benefit from this training. The proposed studies seek to optimize recovery of aerobic fitness and physical function among older cardiac patients using a novel high intensity training regimen with the long-term goal of reducing subsequent disability and improving clinical outcomes.

Optimizing Aerobic Fitness and Functional Response to Exercise in Older Adults

Optimizing Aerobic Fitness in Older Adults

Condition
Aerobic Capacity
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

South Burlington

UVMMC Cardiac Rehabilitation, South Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05403

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * \>65 years old
  • * ambulatory
  • * enrolled in CR at our center following a recent clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction or percutaneous intervention will be recruited
  • * have an active malignancy (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer or low grade prostate cancer under surveillance)
  • * unwilling to comply with the exercise prescription they may be assigned to
  • * have a submaximal performance on entry exercise tolerance test, defined as respiratory exchange ratio \<1.0

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Vermont Medical Center,

Sherrie Khadanga MD, Principal Investigator, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Vermont Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2030-03-15