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Title: | A Comparison of 16 Weeks of Continuous vs Intermittent Exercise Training in Chronic Heart Failure Patients | Contributor(s): | Smart, Neil (author) ; Steele, Michael (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2011.00274.x | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12014 | Abstract: | The authors compared the effects of continuous (CON) and intermittent (INT) exercise training programs on functional capacity, quality of life (QOL), and cardiac function in 23 congestive heart failure patients. Patients were randomized to CON exercise training (n=13; aged 66±7 years; peak oxygen consumption [VO₂], 12.4±2.5 mL/kg/min; weight, 83±12 kg; left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF], 29.5%±7.2%) or INT exercise training (n=10; aged 59±11 years; VO₂, 12.2±6.5 mL/kg/min; weight, 87±24 kg; LVEF 27%±7.9%). These groups completed 16 weeks of stationary cycling at 70% VO₂ thrice weekly for 30 minutes continuously or 60 minutes (60 seconds work:60 seconds rest) intermittently; both groups completed the same absolute volume of work. Three QOL questionnaire responses, VO₂, LVEF, and regional tissue Doppler were quantified. After exercise training, VO₂ increased by 13% in the CON group (P=.12) and significantly by 21% in the INT group (P=.03), although not significantly between the groups (P=.72). In the CON group, Minnesota Living With Heart Failure score improved at 16 weeks (P=.02), while in the INT group, Hare-Davis scores improved (P=.02). Cardiac volumes, resting and peak LVEF, contractile reserve, and tissue velocities were all unchanged from baseline. Intermittent exercise may improve functional capacity to a greater extent than continuous exercise. QOL changes were variable between groups. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Congestive Heart Failure, 18(4), p. 205-211 | Publisher: | Le Jacq Communications, Inc | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1751-7133 1527-5299 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 110201 Cardiology (incl Cardiovascular Diseases) 110602 Exercise Physiology |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 320101 Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) 420702 Exercise physiology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920103 Cardiovascular System and Diseases | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200101 Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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