High Intensity Interval Training in Geriatrics

NCT02318459 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 13-257
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a pilot study for evaluating the feasibility of using High Intensity Interval Training in geriatric hospitalized patients compared to the standard current rehabilitation practice.

Conditions

Muscle Weakness; Gait, Unsteady

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Proportion of patients who complete the rehabilitation program

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Distance walked in the 6MWT

  2 weeks

• Muscle strength assessed for the upper and lower extremities

  2 weeks

• Step variability changes as a measure of quality of ambulation

  2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

high intensity interval training-HIIT

EXPERIMENTAL

HIIT 4 times a week, 30 minutes duration

Other: high intensity interval training-HIIT

Traditionnal rehabilitation

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Traditionnal group rehabilitation 3 times a week, 1 hour duration.

Other: Traditionnal group rehabilitation

Interventions

high intensity interval training-HIIT OTHER

HIIT 4 times a week, 30 minutes duration

high intensity interval training-HIIT

Traditionnal group rehabilitation OTHER

Traditionnal group rehabilitation, 3 times a week, 1 hour duration

Traditionnal rehabilitation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients aged 65 years and older hospitalized for rehabilitation after an acute medical condition
• Expected duration of the rehabilitation ≥ 2 weeks
• Ability to follow instructions to perform a Timed up and Go Test
• Ability to perform exercises
• Willing to participate in 4 sessions of HIIT per week for 2 weeks

You may not qualify if:

• Any acute condition with tachycardia, hypotension or fever.
• Abnormal cycle ergometer stress test with
• significant ECG modification
• decrease of more than 20 mmHg of the blood pressure with exercise
• angina
• ST depression at a workload \<6 METs
• Inability to reach an intensity of 15/20 in the Borg's scale of perceived exertion
• Any unresolved acute medical or surgical condition of the following kind:
• acute heart failure
• acute coronary syndrome \< 1 month
• strole \< 1 month
• active pericarditis / myocarditis / endocarditis
• thromboembolic disease with \< 2 weeks of anticoagulation
• acute infection requiring intravenous treatment
• ongoing intravenous perfusion

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Geneva: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hôpital des Trois-Chêne (HUG)

Geneva, Thônex, 1226, Switzerland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Pires Peixoto R, Trombert V, Poncet A, Kizlik J, Gold G, Ehret G, Trombetti A, Reny JL. Feasibility and safety of high-intensity interval training for the rehabilitation of geriatric inpatients (HIITERGY) a pilot randomized study. BMC Geriatr. 2020 Jun 5;20(1):197. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01596-7.

  PMID: 32503465 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Muscle Weakness; Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Neuromuscular Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Jean-Luc Reny, MD, PhD

  University Hospital, Geneva

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Head of division, Internal medicine and rehabilitation Trois-Chêne

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 7, 2014
• First Posted: December 17, 2014
• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2015
• Study Completion: February 1, 2016
• Last Updated: November 3, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CH (1)