Physical activity intervention for elderly patients with reduced physical performance after acute coronary syndrome (HULK study): rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reduced physical performance and impaired mobility are common in elderly patients after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and they represent independent risk factors for disability, morbidity, hospital readmission and mortality. Regular physical exercise represents a means for improving functional capacity. Nevertheless, its clinical benefit has been less investigated in elderly patients in the early phase after ACS. The HULK trial aims to investigate the clinical benefit of an early, tailored low-cost physical activity intervention in comparison to standard of care in elderly ACS patients with reduced physical performance.

Design

HULK is an investigator-initiated, prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial (NCT03021044). After successful management of the AC

SUBMITTER: Tonet E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5963011 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature