Efficacy of Exercise Training in Patients With HFpEF

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This research in Veterans with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) will provide new information on the mechanisms determining the patients' exercise intolerance and the efficacy of regular physical activity to improve this shortcoming by alleviating the patients' neurocirculatory abnormalities. Specifically, the investigators will focus on the role of nerves originating in working limb muscles in determining the patients' exercise intolerance and compromised fatigue resistance before and after a chronic exercise intervention. By focusing on a specific mechanism, this project will evaluate the validity of exercise as an alternative treatment strategy with the overall purpose of improving the quality of life of Veterans with HFpEF.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 21
Maximum Age: 85
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Locations
United States
Utah
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT
RECRUITING
Salt Lake City
Contact Information
Primary
Misti R Seppi, MBA BS AAS
Misti.Seppi@va.gov
(801) 582-1565
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-05-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-09-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Afferent effect on hemodynamics
Evaluate impact of group III/IV muscle afferents on femoral blood flow
Experimental: Afferent effect on fatigue
Evaluate impact of group III/IV muscle afferents on exercise-induced changes in quadriceps twitch force
Experimental: Effect of cardiac rehab
Evaluate effect of chronic exercise on influence of muscle afferents on limb blood flow
Sponsors
Leads: VA Office of Research and Development

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