Design and rationale of the HITTS randomized controlled trial: Effect of High-intensity Interval Training in de novo Heart Transplant Recipients in Scandinavia

American Heart Journal

Volumn 172, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-105

  Nytrøen, Kari ^a,b   Yardley, Marianne ^a,b   Rolid, Katrine ^a   Bjørkelund, Elisabeth ^a   Karason, Kristjan ^c   Wigh, Julia Philip ^c   Dall, Christian Have ^d   Arora, Satish ^a   Aakhus, Svend ^a   Lunde, Ketil ^a   Solberg, Ole Geir ^a   Gustafsson, Finn ^e   Prescott, Eva Irene Bossano ^d   Gullestad, Lars ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCANDINAVIA; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION;

EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS;

EID: 84959307080     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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