Impact of Daily Stair Climbing on Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation in Heart Patients
ConditionRehabilitation
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Arras
About this trial
The goal of this interventional study is to improve exercise capacity of patients following a standard rehabilitation program in Arras Hospital with stair climbing .
Patients will be randomized in to 2 groups : intervention or control.
* Control group will follow standard program. * Intervention group will follow standard program and stair climbing (2 floors, twice a day until the exit).
Patients will complete questionnaires and tests before starting study and again at the end (approximately 10 days).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥18 years
Patients requiring cardiac rehabilitation admitted to the Eole unit
Patients ability to walk at least 200 meters without technical assistance
Disqualifiers
Patient walking with an assistive device
Patient with a contraindication to climbing stairs
Pre-operative patient
Patient with a pacemaker
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- stair climb
Treatment groups
90 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov