Heart Failure Exercise And Resistance Training Camp (HEART Camp)
Heart Failure Exercise and Resistance Training CAMP
This is a registered study tracked in the Sterling IMRES research watch. It is sponsored by University of Nebraska and run by the investigators named in the registry, not by Sterling IMRES. Details come from ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 1 September 2023.
Summary
HEART Camp was a nurse-led feasibility trial at the University of Nebraska, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research. Participants with heart failure exercised in small groups guided by a nurse and an exercise physiologist, with support tapering off over six months to build self-management. Results were published in nursing and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation journals.
Objectives
Pilot a group-based training camp intervention that teaches people with heart failure to exercise and manage their own exercise over time.
Check the feasibility of the intervention and the reliability of outcome measures, with exercise adherence as the main outcome.
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Norman JF, Pozehl BJ, Duncan KA, Hertzog MA, Elokda AS, Krueger SK. Relationship of resting B-type natriuretic peptide level to cardiac work and total physical work capacity in heart failure patients. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2009 Sep-Oct;29(5):310-3. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181ac7bcb. PubMed 19561522
Duncan K, Pozehl B, Norman JF, Hertzog M. A self-directed adherence management program for patients with heart failure completing combined aerobic and resistance exercise training. Appl Nurs Res. 2011 Nov;24(4):207-14. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.08.003. Epub 2009 Oct 15. PubMed 22099469
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