Strength training improves heart function, collagen and strength in rats with heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Myocardial infarction (MI) frequently leads to cardiac remodeling and failure with impaired life quality, playing an important role in cardiovascular deaths. Although physical exercise is a well-recognized effective non-pharmacological therapy for cardiovascular diseases, the effects of strength training (ST) on the structural and functional aspects of cardiac remodeling need to be further documented. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of a linear block ST protocol in the rat model of MI.

Methods and results

After 6 weeks of MI induction or sham surgery, male adult rats performed ST for the following 12 weeks. The ladder-based ST program was organized in three mesocycles of 4 weeks, with one load increment for each block according to the ma

SUBMITTER: Dias LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873996 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature