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The Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme in Hypertensive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Sponsor: Kayseri City Hospital
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.
Official title: 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
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2022-11-15
Completion Date
2024-06-15
Last Updated
2026-06-18
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Exercise
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.
Locations (1)
Health Sciences University, Kayseri Medicine Faculty
Kayseri, Kocasinan, Turkey (Türkiye)