The Clinical Effect of Adaptive Posture-balance Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise on Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The whole experiment included one-month APBCRE therapy and two assessments. The one-month APBCRE consisted of twelve exercise sessions, evenly three times per week. At baseline and after rehabilitation, participants underwent one assessment, including car-diopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), resting metabolic rate (RMR) detection, and quality of life questionnaire (QoL). The primary outcomes were exercise capacity measured by function parameters at anaerobic threshold (AT) and other CPET physiological indexes. The secondary endpoints were the RMR level and QoL score.

Official Title
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The Clinical Effect of Adaptive Posture-balance Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise on Cardiovascular Diseases

Conditions
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Cardiac Rehabilitation, Exercise Therapy, Balance Exercises, Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Adaptive posture-balance cardiac rehabilitation exercise


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Age between 18 and 90 years With cardiovascular diseases Exclusion Criteria: abnormal blood pressure response unstable angina pectoris acute heart failure congenital heart disease severe musculoskeletal diseases

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 90 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Cardiovascular diseases Patients<br>Subjects were recruited from outpatients with CVDs, under 18 years of age. All pa-tients have been verified the willingness of participating before the experiment. Patients was excluded if having abnormal blood pressure response, unstable angina pectoris, acute heart failure, congenital heart disease, and severe musculoskeletal diseases limiting. | Behavioral: Adaptive posture-balance cardiac rehabilitation exercise<br>* The process of APBCRE consisted of four parts: breathing training and warm-up, aerobic exercise, resistance exercise, and flexibility exercise. The first part lasted for 5-15 minutes, based on balance exercise. The specific steps of balance exercise included stretching of upper limbs, legs, waist, and other parts. And the second part was generally moderate-intensity endurance exercise, thresholding for 60%-75% VO2max/kg metabolic equivalents (METs), 60%-70% maximum heart rate, rating of perceived exertion (RPE) Borg grade 12-13. The exercise duration of this part was usually 30 min. During the self-created APBCRE, the resistance exercise was carried out with the help of the body-building vehicle, and its power was adjusted based on danger assessment level and oxygen uptake at anaerobic threshold. The last part usually lasted for 5-10 min for each-level participants. The total exercise time for one session was generally 50-70 min.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CPET | Cardiopulmonary exercise testing | Baseline and immediately after the intervention, about one month | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality of life | Using 12-Item Short Form Survey questionnaire to assess the quality of life | Baseline and immediately after the intervention, about one month | 
| RMR | Resting metabolic rate | Baseline and immediately after the intervention, about one month |