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Resistance versus aerobic exercise training in chronic heart failure

journal contribution
posted on 2012-03-01, 00:00 authored by S Mandic, J Myers, Steve SeligSteve Selig, I Levinger
It is now accepted that exercise training is a safe and effective therapeutic intervention to improve clinical status, functional capacity, and quality of life in people with chronic heart failure (CHF). Nevertheless, this therapeutic modality remains underprescribed and underutilized. Both aerobic and resistance training improve exercise capacity and may partially reverse some of the cardiac, vascular, and skeletal muscle abnormalities in individuals with CHF. Aerobic training has more beneficial effects on aerobic power (peak oxygen consumption) and cardiac structure and function than resistance exercise training, while the latter is more effective for increasing muscle strength and endurance and promoting favorable arterial remodeling. Combined aerobic and resistance training is the preferred exercise intervention to reverse or attenuate the loss of muscle mass and improve exercise and functional capacity, muscle strength, and quality of life in individuals with CHF. The challenge now is to translate these research findings into clinical practice.

History

Journal

Current heart failure reports

Volume

9

Pagination

57-64

Location

Philadelphia, Pa.

eISSN

1546-9549

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal, C Journal article

Copyright notice

2011, Springer Science+Business Media

Issue

1

Publisher

Springer Healthcare