VascuFit: Exercise and Vascular Aging

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. current or chronic condition limiting exhaustive exercise (e.g. heart failure, infection, pulmonary disease)
• •2. any condition with elevated risk of a serious adverse event during exhaustive exercise (e.g. cardiomyopathy, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, uncontrolled hypertensive resting blood pressure ≥160/100mmHg)
• •3. chronic condition with severe affection of the vascular system (e.g. severe atherosclerosis, severe chronic kidney disease, autoimmune vasculitis, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus)
• •4. inability to follow advice during measurements and training sessions (e.g. language barriers, psychological disorders, dementia)
• •5. previous enrollment into the current study or participation in another study in the last four weeks.