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- * Ten CHF patients were divided into a control group (no exercise) and an exercise group (30 minutes of exercise, 5 days a week for 12 weeks), with evaluations conducted before and after the program.
- * Results showed significant improvements in the exercise group, including increased exercise duration and walking distance, and reduced quality of life scores, while no significant changes were observed in the control group, demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of CPET-guided exercise rehabilitation for CHF patients.
Article Abstract
Objective: The exercise rehabilitation in patient with chronic heart failure (CHF) is standard clinical practice, but it is rare using CardioPulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) guide to prescribe exercise rehabilitation in China.
Methods: We performed symptom limited maximal CPET in 10 patients with CHF, randomly divided into two groups: 5 patients as control without exercise and 5 exercise patients used Δ50%W intensity to exercise 30 min/d, 5 d/w, x12 w. Before and after 12 w rehabilitation, we evaluated functions.
Results: There were no significant difference between two groups patients (P > 0.05). The exercise duration was increased from 8 min to 23 min after rehabilitation (P < 0.001); distance 6 minutes walking was increased from 394 m to 470 m (P < 0.05); score of Minnesota quality of life was decreased from 25 to 3 in exercise group (P < 0.01). However, there were nosignificant changes in control group (P>0.05) and their changes were smaller than those in exercise group (P < 0.01).
Conclusion: The CPET guiding exercise rehabilitation is safe and effective for patients with CHF.
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