Manipulating Exercise Intensity and Affective Responses for Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pleasure-oriented exercise intensity manipulation increases physical activity (PA) behavior in patients who have suffered acute coronary syndrome during a cardiac rehabilitation program. The main question it aims to answer is: • the manipulation of exercise intensity performed to produce more pleasure and arousal will impact the PA behavior? Researchers will compare the PA levels and affective responses to see if the manipulation of exercise intensity guided to pleasure and arousal works to increase PA behavior compared to the control group who will follow a conventional exercise program. Participants will do: * sixteen individualized hospital exercise sessions (two per week) and complementary physical activity program integrated into their daily life * be evaluated before and at the end of the exercise sessions and after 3 months

NCT Number	NCT07105943
Lead Sponsor	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Collaborators: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Rede de Investigação em Saúde
Conditions	Affect and Exertion During and Post-exercise
Enrollment	52 participants
Start Date	2026-03-01
Primary Completion	2027-12-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2028-03-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-05-04