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Lead
Laval University
The 12 weeks home-based rehabilitation program is detailed as follows:
* 1st sessions at the hospital, in the presence of a physiotherapist/kinesiologist
* 3 weeks of supervised home-based rehabilitation (using a telemonitoring system) 3 times a weeks
* 9 weeks of unsupervised home-based rehabilitation (one phone call a week)
Patients will be evaluated at baseline and at endpoint (12 weeks)
Age
18–100
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Men or women \> 18 years old
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension group 1: idiopathic, genetics, drug or toxin-induced, associated with connective tissue, HIV, portal hypertension, congenital heart disease.
Diagnosis performed by right heart catheterization with Pulmonary Arterial Pressure⩾ 20 mmHg, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure \<15 and pulmonary vascular resistance \>3 Wood units
New York Heart Association II or III and a 6-Minute Walk Test \< 500m
Patient stable without therapeutic modification within the last 3 months
Patient having wireless internet at home
Consciously informed and written by the patient
You may not be if
Syncope within the last 6 month
Metabolic comorbidity (eg Diabetes)
Musculoskeletal impairment that does not allow physical exercise
Patient unable or with contraindications to perform a cardio pulmonary exercise testing
Patient with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
Presence of a permanent pacemaker or other contraindication to MRI
Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
Age \<18 years
Clareo Health | Home-based Exercise Training in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Effect on Skeletal Muscular Function and Metabolism
