Home- vs gym-based exercise delivery modes of two multicomponent intensity training regimes on cardiorespiratory fitness and arterial stiffness in adults with intellectual and developmental disability during the COVID-19 pandemic - a randomized controlled trial.
Xavier Melo, Bruno Simão, Catarina Catela, Isabel Oliveira, Sara Planche, Ana Louseiro, João Luís Marôco, Guillermo R Oviedo, Bo Fernhall, Helena Santa-Clara
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Xavier Melo: Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, Monte da Caparica, Portugal. ORCID
Bruno Simão: Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudo da Performance Humana (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana - Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Catarina Catela: Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudo da Performance Humana (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana - Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Isabel Oliveira: Research & Development Department, GCP Lab, Ginásio Clube Português, Lisboa, Portugal.
Sara Planche: Research & Development Department, GCP Lab, Ginásio Clube Português, Lisboa, Portugal.
Ana Louseiro: Research & Development Department, GCP Lab, Ginásio Clube Português, Lisboa, Portugal.
João Luís Marôco: Integrative Human Physiology Laboratory, Manning College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA. ORCID
Guillermo R Oviedo: Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport Science Blanquerna, University Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
Bo Fernhall: Integrative Human Physiology Laboratory, Manning College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
Helena Santa-Clara: Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudo da Performance Humana (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana - Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
We compared the effects of home- vs gym-based delivery modes of two 8-week supervised multicomponent intensity training regimes on cardiorespiratory fitness and arterial stiffness in 17 adults with intellectual and developmental disability during the COVID-19 pandemic. : Participants were assigned to sprint interval training or continuous aerobic training, both incorporating resistance training. The intervention started with 8-weeks of online training (M1-M2), 1-month of detraining, plus 8-weeks of gym-based training (M3-M4). : Peak oxygen uptake decreased from M1-M2 and increased from M2-M4. Central arterial stiffness decreased between M1-M2, and M1-M4, along with peripheral arterial stiffness. Central systolic blood pressure decreased from M1-M2 only with sprint interval training. : Home-based training minimized the negative impact of the lockdown on central arterial stiffness and central blood pressure, but it did not match the benefits on cardiorespiratory fitness and peripheral arterial stiffness of a gym-based intervention, irrespective of the multicomponent intensity training regime. Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05701943.
