ArticleESC heart failure2018
Peripheral muscle training with resistance exercise bands in patients with chronic heart failure. Long-term effects on walking distance and quality of life; a pilot study.
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- Home-based versus centre-based cardiac rehabilitation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- A systematic review of rehabilitation in chronic heart failure: evaluating the reporting of exercise interventions.ESC heart failure · 2021Pooled it
- Bone mineral density in patients with chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis.Clinical interventions in aging · 2018Pooled it
- The effect of arteriovenous fistula longevity preservation exercise program combined with video-assisted patient education on fistula maturation for maintenance hemodialysis patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- Home-based training program in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: a randomized pilot study.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Trial
- Functional Capacity and Gut Microbiota Shifts in Heart Failure Patients Following Cardiac Rehabilitation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic can increase physical inactivity and the global burden of cardiovascular disease.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2020Article
- From the muscle hypothesis to a muscle solution?ESC heart failure · 2019Article
- Cachexia as a common characteristic in multiple chronic disease.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2018Article
- Peripheral muscle training with resistance exercise bands in patients with chronic heart failure. Long-term effects on walking distance and quality of life; a pilot study.ESC heart failure · 2018Article
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Abstract
aimsThis study aimed to describe a method of peripheral muscle training with resistance bands in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and to evaluate its effects on the 6 min walk test and quality of life up to 12 months using a home-based programme. METHODS AND
resultsTwenty-two patients with stable CHF (19 men and 3 women), mean age 63.2 years (SD 8.1), New York Heart Association class II-III were randomized to individual home-based training (HT group), or home-based training with a group-based start-up in a hospital setting (GT group). A 6 min walk test, the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), and Short Form with 36 items (SF-36) were administered at baseline and after 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Exercise training resulted in statistically significant increased walking distance in both groups. The HT group increased on average 107 (80) m from baseline to 12 months, and the GT group by 100 (96) m. Health-related quality of life, measured with MLHFQ and SF-36, reached statistically significant improvements in both groups but at different time points. There were no statistically significant differences between groups on any parameters or follow-ups.
conclusionsLong-term home-based peripheral muscle training in patients with CHF, with or without an introductory period in a hospital setting, can be used for initial improvement and retention of walking distance and health-related quality of life.
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