Effect of Aerobic Interval Training on Cardiovascular Function in Aging

Effect of Aerobic Interval vs. Continuous Exercise Training on Cardiovascular Function in Aging

Study objectives:

1. To compare cardiovascular function in older compared to young healthy adults.
2. To compare the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic interval training vs. continuous moderate exercise on cardiovascular function in healthy older adults.

Hypotheses:

1. Compared to young adults, older adults will have lower cardiovascular function.
2. Compared to continuous moderate intensity exercise training, interval training will be more effective in improving cardiovascular function in older adults.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Aging
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: High intensity aerobic interval training; Other: Continuous moderate intensity exercise

Detailed Description

Cardiovascular function will be measured at baseline in older healthy adults and young healthy controls. Older adults will be randomized to the aerobic interval training group, continuous moderate exercise group or non-exercise control group. At the end of the 8-week exercise intervention, baseline measures will be repeated in the older adults.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32611
      • University of Florida

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 79 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria for older adults:

• Healthy men and women 55 to 79 years of age
• Sedentary or minimally physically active for at least the prior 1 year.
• Women will be premenopausal or postmenopausal (either natural or surgical) defined as a cessation of menses for at least 2 years.
• Premenopausal women will be eumenorrheic and will be studied during the early follicular phase (days 1 through 6) of the menstrual cycle.
• Able to give consent.

Inclusion Criteria for young adults:

• Healthy men and women 18 to 35 years of age
• Sedentary or minimally physically active for at least the prior 1 year.
• Women will be premenopausal, eumenorrheic and will be studied during the early follicular phase (days 1 through 6) of the menstrual cycle.
• Able to give consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of diabetes
• history of any relevant cardiovascular diseases (myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, history of coronary artery bypass surgery or angioplasty, congestive heart failure, or arrhythmia)
• hypertension (≥160 mmHg systolic or ≥100 mmHg diastolic)
• history of renal impairment
• history of gout or hyperuricemia
• history of hepatic disease or infection with hepatitis B, C
• history of seizures, or other relevant on-going or recurrent illness
• recent (within 3 months) or recurrent hospitalizations
• use of tobacco products
• >5 % weight change in the prior 6 months.
• current intake of medications that may affect study results

• participation in regular aerobic exercise training (>30 minutes,

  • 3 times/wk in the past year).
• premenopausal women taking oral contraceptives and postmenopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy.
• pregnancy (positive urine pregnancy test) or lactation

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: High intensity aerobic interval training; Older adults will complete 8 weeks of high intensity aerobic interval exercise training.	Other: High intensity aerobic interval training; Supervised aerobic interval training will be performed on bicycles 4 times per week for 8 weeks. Each training session will last 40 minutes and will consist of 10-minute warm up at 70% of maximal heart rate (HRmax), four 4-minute intervals at 90% of HRmax with 3-min active recovery at 70% of HRmax and 5-minute cool down at 70% of HRmax.
Experimental: Continuous moderate intensity exercise; Older adults will complete 8 weeks of continuous moderate intensity exercise training.	Other: Continuous moderate intensity exercise; Supervised exercise training will be performed on bicycles 4 times per week for 8 weeks. Each training session will last 47 minutes and will consist of continuous moderate intensity cycling at 70% of HRmax.
No Intervention: Non-exercise control group; Older adults assigned to the non-exercise control group will maintain their normal lifestyle for 8 weeks.
No Intervention: Young Healthy controls; Young healthy subjects will be assigned to the healthy control group and will undergo baseline measures only.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in vascular endothelial function	Brachial flow-mediated dilation using ultrasonography	At baseline and after 8 weeks of exercise training

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in factors related with endothelial function	Blood and cellular markers of oxidative stress and inflammation	At baseline and after 8 weeks of exercise training
Change in arterial stiffness	Arterial stiffness and wave reflection will be measured using the SphygmoCor device	At baseline and after 8 weeks of exercise training
Change in cardiac function	Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function will be measured using echocardiography	At baseline and after 8 weeks of exercise training
Change in maximal oxygen consumption	Maximal oxygen consumption will be measured using online computer-assisted open-circuit spirometry during incremental treadmill exercise	At baseline and after 8 weeks of exercise training

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Florida
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Demetra D Christou, Ph.D, University of Florida

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 21, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): February 21, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 13, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 18, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): June 21, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 25, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 22, 2019
• Last Verified: February 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB201700044; 551-2012 (Other Identifier: University of Florida)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No