Optimizing Training Response for Women in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite lower baseline fitness levels, women in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) do not typically improve peak aerobic exercise capacity (defined as peak oxygen uptake [peak Vo2]) compared with men in CR.

Objective

To evaluate the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and intensive lower extremity resistance training (RT) compared with standard moderate intensity continuous training (MCT) on peak Vo2 among women in CR.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial conducted from July 2017 to February 2020 included women from a community-based cardiac rehabilitation program affiliated with a university hospital in Vermont. A total of 56 women (mean [SD] age, 65 [11] years; range 43-98 years) participating in CR enrolled in the study

SUBMITTER: Khadanga S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8613699 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature