Comparison of Supervised Hospital-based versus Educated Home-based Exercise Training in Korean Heart Failure Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Although many clinical trials have shown that exercise training (ET) improves functional capacity and clinical outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients, data comparing supervised hospital-based and educated home-based ET in HF patients is lacking.

Subjects and methods

This was a single-center, non-randomized, prospective study of 82 HF patients with reduced ejection fraction (≤40%) who completed ET. The hospital-based group (n=30) underwent supervised ET at 60% of peak oxygen consumption (VO₂), while a physiotherapist-educated group (n=52) exercised at home without monitoring. The 2 groups were compared before and after the 3-month ET program with respect to functional capacity, quality of life (QOL), and cardiac events (all-cause mortalit

SUBMITTER: Kim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5614950 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature