Abstract
Background: Advantages of outpatient exercise training are reduced waiting lists, better compliance, reduced time investment by the patient with reduced travel expenses, and less dependence on other people to participate. Therefore, this systematic review studies the effects of outpatient exercise training programmes compared with usual care on exercise capacity, exercise performance, quality of life, and safety in patients with chronic heart failure.
Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.
Methods: Randomized controlled trials concerning patients with chronic heart failure, with a left ventricular ejection fraction
Results: Twenty-two studies were included. VO(2)max, 6-min walking test, and quality of life showed significant differences in favour of the intervention group of 1.85 ml/kg/min, 47.9 m, and 6.9 points, respectively. In none of the studies, a significant relationship was found between exercise training and adverse events.
Conclusion: This meta-analysis illustrates the efficacy and safety of outpatient training programmes for patients with chronic heart failure.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 795-803 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | European Journal of Preventive Cardiology |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2012 |
Keywords
- Exercise
- heart failure
- meta-analysis
- outpatient
- quality of life
- training
- QUALITY-OF-LIFE
- RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL
- FUNCTIONAL STATUS
- MUSCLE FUNCTION
- TASK-FORCE
- CAPACITY
- REHABILITATION
- METAANALYSIS
- ASSOCIATION
- GUIDELINES
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