High-intensity interval exercise training before abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (HIT-AAA): Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tew, Garry A ^a   Weston, Matthew ^b   Kothmann, Elke ^c   Batterham, Alan M ^b   Gray, Joanne ^d   Kerr, Karen ^e   Martin, Denis ^b   Nawaz, Shah ^e   Yates, David ^f   Danjoux, Gerard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYCLING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL EXERCISE TRAINING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FITNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84892839134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004094     Document Type: Article

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