Strength/endurance training versus endurance training in congestive heart failure.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of endurance training alone (ET) with combined endurance and strength training (CT) on hemodynamic and strength parameters in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF).

Methods: Twenty male patients with CHF were randomized into one of two training regimens consisting of endurance training or a combination of endurance and resistance training. Group ET had 40-min interval cycle ergometer endurance training three times per week.

Objective effects of a 6 months' endurance and strength training program in outpatients with congestive heart failure.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and the effects of a long-term training program with endurance and strength elements for patients with advanced congestive heart failure (CHF).

Methods: We studied 14 patients, mean age 57 yr, mean NYHA class 2.7, mean LVEF 29%, and mean VO2max 17.