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Efficacy and Safety of a Combined Aerobic, Strength and Flexibility Exercise Training Program in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices.

Authors:
Maria Rosaria Squeo Barbara Di Giacinto Marco Alfonso Perrone Massimo Santini Maria Luisa Sette Emanuele Fabrizi Antonia Vaquer Attilio Parisi Antonio Spataro Alessandro Biffi

J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2022 Jun 6;9(6). Epub 2022 Jun 6.

Institute of Sports Medicine, Sport e Salute, 00197 Rome, Italy.

: The "FIDE Project" (Fitness Implantable DEvice) was organized by the Institute of Sports Medicine and Science and the World Society of Arrhythmias with the aim of demonstrating the usefulness of exercise training in improving functional capacity in patients with implantable cardiac devices. : Thirty sedentary patients were selected for the project (25 males and 5 females), with a mean age of 73 ± 5 years (range 44-94 years). Twenty-five were implanted with a Pacemaker (PM) and five with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD). Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter was present in ten (34%) patients, post-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy in five (17.2%), sick sinus syndrome in six (20,7%), complete atrium-ventricular block in six (20.7%), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in one (3.4%) and recurrent syncope in one (3.4%). The baseline assessment comprised cardiovascular examination, resting and stress ECG, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (V ̇O2peak), strength assessment of different muscle groups, and a flexibility test. The same measurements were repeated after 15-20 consecutive training sessions, over a 2-month period. The exercise prescription was set to 70-80% of HRR (Heart rate reserve) and to 50-70% of 1RM (1-repetition maximum, muscular force). The training protocol consisted of two training sessions per week performed in our institute, 90 min for each (warm-up, aerobic phase, strength phase and stretching) and one or more at home autonomously. : The cardiopulmonary testing after the training period documents a significant improvement in V ̇O2peak (15 ± 4 mL/kg/min vs. 17 ± 4; = 0.001) and in work load (87 ± 30 watts vs. 108 ± 37; = 0.001). Additionally, strength capacity significantly increased after the cardiac rehabilitation program, (quadriceps: 21 ± 18 kg vs. 29 ± 16 kg, = 0.00003). Flexibility tests show a positive trend, but without statistical significance (sit-and-reach test: -19 ± 11 cm vs. -15 ± 11.7 cm; back-scratch test: -19 ± 11.6 cm vs. -15 ± 10 cm; lateral flexibility right -44 ± 1.4 cm vs. -43 ± 9.5 cm; left -43 ± 5 vs. -45 ± 8.7 cm). : A brief period of combined aerobic, strength and flexibility exercise training (FIDE project) proved to be effective and safe in improving functional capacity in patients with cardiac implantable devices.

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