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The Effects of 6-week Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme on Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure and Disease Activity in Hypertensive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients : A Randomised Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Exercise for Cardiac Rehabilitation and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 40 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the beneficial impacts of the 6-week standardized CR program applied to hypertensive RA patients whose disease activity is under control with regular pharmacological treatment. Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1.) standard of care (SOC) treatment or 2.) SOC plus a 6 week CR program.
Study Details
Timeline
Arms & Interventions
The CR group will receive training for CVD and HT once a week, along with a rehabilitation program consisting of aerobic, resistance, flexibility and stretching exercises 3 days a week for 6 weeks.
Control group will receive treatment for their RA that is considered standard of care treatment (e.g. pharmacotherapy), but will not be participated in the CR program.
Interventions
An individual program will be organized for each patient according to the exercise test result. Since the patients have both arthritis and HTN, aerobic exercises will be given at moderate intensity (40-70% VO2 reserve) according to ACMS recommendations. Xrcise Runner Med treadmill and Xrcise Care 2.5.8.3 software will be used for aerobic exercises. Resistant exercises will be given under the supervision of a physiotherapist, calculating 1 repetitation maximum (1-RM) in the main muscle groups.Patients will perform isotonic exercises with 3 sets of 15 repetitions with a resistance of 60% of 1-RM. The education sessions will be conducted by a multidisciplinary team of health professionals (nurse, physiotherapist and dietician) under the leadership of a clinician experienced in CR. Education topics will consist of 60-minute sessions covering heart-healthy eating, setting health-related goal, exercise, diet, healthy weight loss, smoking cessation, and stress/coping.