Home-based training program in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: a randomized pilot study.

Geisa Nascimento de Andrade Iracema Ioco Kikuchi Umeda Angela Rubia Cavalcanti Neves Fuchs Luiz Eduardo Mastrocola João Manoel Rossi-Neto Dalmo Antonio Ribeiro Moreira Patricia Alves de Oliveira Carmen Diva Saldiva de André Lawrence Patrick Cahalin Naomi Kondo Nakagawa

Published in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)

Home-based training is safe and can be an alternative to improve the exercise capacity of patients with stable CHF. However, center-based training was superior in improving inspiratory muscle strength, QoL, and daily physical activity.

Keyphrases

physical activity
virtual reality
body mass index
high intensity
resistance training
body composition
sleep quality
depressive symptoms