High intensity interval training versus moderate intensity continuous training for people with interstitial lung disease: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interstitial lung disease is a debilitating condition associated with significant dyspnoea, fatigue, and poor exercise tolerance. Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective and key intervention in people with interstitial lung disease. However, despite the best efforts of patients and clinicians, many of those who participate are not achieving clinically meaningful benefits. This assessor-blinded, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial aims to compare the clinical benefits of high intensity interval exercise training versus the standard pulmonary rehabilitation method of continuous training at moderate intensity in people with fibrotic interstitial lung disease.

Methods

Eligible participants will be randomised to either a standard pulmonary rehabilitation group u

SUBMITTER: Dowman LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8582173 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature