High-Intensity Interval Training in Heart Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
Treinamento Intervalado de Alta Intensidade em Transplantados de Coração: Uma Revisão Sistemática com Meta-Análise
Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (2), 2018
Publication year: 2018
Abstract Heart transplantation (HTx) is considered an efficient and gold-standard procedure for patients with end-stage heart failure. After surgery, patients have lower aerobic power (VO2max) and compensatory hemodynamic responses. The aim of the present study was to assess through a systematic review with meta-analysis whether high-intensity interval training (HIIT) can provide benefits for those parameters. This is a systematic review with meta-analysis, which searched the databases and data portals PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct and Wiley until December 2016 (pairs).
The following terms and descriptors were used:
"heart recipient" OR "heart transplant recipient" OR "heart transplant" OR "cardiac transplant" OR "heart graft".Descriptors via DeCS and Mesh were:
"heart transplantation'' OR "cardiac transplantation". The words used in combination (AND) were: "exercise training" OR "interval training" OR "high intensity interval training" OR "high intensity training" OR "anaerobic training" OR "intermittent training" OR "sprint training". The initial search identified 1064 studies. Then, only those studies assessing the influence of HIIT on the post-HTx period were added, resulting in three studies analyzed. The significance level adopted was 0.05. Heart transplant recipients showed significant improvement in VO2peak, heart rate and peak blood pressure in 8 to 12 weeks of intervention.
Resumo O transplante de coração é considerado procedimento eficiente e padrão ouro para pacientes com quadro de insuficiência cardíaca terminal. Verifica-se que após o procedimento cirúrgico os pacientes apresentam menor valor de potência aeróbia (VO2máx) e respostas hemodinâmicas descompensadas. O objetivo do presente estudo foi de verificar por meio de uma revisão sistemática com meta-análise se o treinamento intervalado de alta intensidade é capaz de proporcionar benefícios a tais capacidades. Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática com meta-análise, que realizou buscas em pares nas bases e portais de dados PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct e Wiley até dezembro de 2016. Para busca dos artigos utilizaram-se os termos e descritores: "heart recipient" OR "heart transplant recipient" OR "heart transplant" OR "cardiac transplant" OR "heart graft".