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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Application of Inspiratory Muscle Training to Improve Physical Tolerance in Older Patients with Ischemic Heart Failure.

Monika Piotrowska, Paulina Okrzymowska, Wojciech Kucharski, Krystyna Rożek-Piechura

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Monika PiotrowskaDepartment of Physiotherapy in Internal Disease, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport, Al. I.J. Paderewskiego 35, Building P4, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland.
Paulina OkrzymowskaDepartment of Physiotherapy in Internal Disease, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport, Al. I.J. Paderewskiego 35, Building P4, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8662-281X
Wojciech KucharskiDepartment of Human Biology, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Al. I.J. Paderewskiego 35, Building P4, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland.
Krystyna Rożek-PiechuraDepartment of Physiotherapy in Internal Disease, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport, Al. I.J. Paderewskiego 35, Building P4, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5589-4978

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regardless of the management regime for heart failure (HF), there is strong evidence supporting the early implementation of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Respiratory therapy is considered to be an integral part of such secondary prevention protocols. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on exercise tolerance and the functional parameters of the respiratory system in patients with heart failure involved in cardiac rehabilitation. The study included 90 patients with HF who took part in the second-stage 8-week cycle of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). They were randomly divided into three groups: Group I underwent CR and IMT; Group II only CR; and patients in Group III underwent only the IMT. Before and after the 8-week cycle, participants were assessed for exercise tolerance and the functional parameters of respiratory muscle strength. Significant statistical improvement concerned the majority of the hemodynamic parameters, lung function parameters, and respiratory muscle strength in the first group. Moreover, the enhancement in the exercise tolerance in the CR + IMT group was accompanied by a negligible change in the HR

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Breathing ExercisesHeart FailureAgedExercise ToleranceHumansMuscle StrengthRespiratory MusclesRespiratory Therapybreathing exercisescardiovascular rehabilitationcontrol respiratory system diagnostic techniquesexercise toleranceheart failureheart rate

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PMID34886168
PMCPMC8657106

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