ArticleJournal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls2020
Are the group-based interventions improving the functional exercise capacity and quality of life of frail subjects with chronic heart failure?
Article in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for adults with heart failure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- A study of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy combined with exercise rehabilitation in postoperative patients with PCI for CHD.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Mapping interventions addressing frailty and associated outcomes in people with heart failure: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Applying the COM-B Model to Understand Adherence to Tele-Exercise Prehabilitation Among Older Patients with Lung Cancer: A Qualitative Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Effects of exercise training on frail older adults with heart failure: a systematic-review.Frontiers in aging · 2026Review
- Patients and physiotherapy professionals' perspectives on group-based treatments: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Financial Costs of Emergency Department Presentations for Australian Patients With Heart Disease in the Last 3 Years of Life.Health services insights · 2022Article
- Factors associated with lack of improvement in submaximal exercise capacity of patients with heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2021Article
- Lower Lean Mass Is Associated with Greater Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Lower Extremity Artery Disease.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesFrail subjects with chronic heart failure (CHF) often demonstrate limited tolerance of exertion, shortness of breath, and reduced walking capacity resulting poor quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to quantify the improvements in functional exercise capacity (FEC) and QoL among Bulgarian frail subjects with CHF performed group-based high-intensity aerobic interval training (HIAIT)/m-Ullevaal intervention and to compare it with moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) protocol.
methodsOne hundred and twenty (n=120) frail subjects with mean age of 63.73±6.68 years, in CHF and NYHA class II-IIIB, were enrolled in the single-center, prospective, two-arm randomized controlled clinical trial conducted at the Medical Center for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine-I-Plovdiv. The baseline assessment included 6-minute walk test (6ΜWT), peak oxygen uptake (VO
resultsThe improvement in 6MWT (P<0.001), VO
conclusionsThe group-based HIAIT/m-Ullevaal intervention is a new perspective and challenge for both, Bulgarian cardiac rehabilitation (CR), and frail patients with CHF.
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