Effects of moderate-to-high intensity resistance training in patients with chronic heart failure
M A Spruit1, R-M A Eterman, V A C V Hellwig
1Department of Research, Development and Education, Centre for Integrated Rehabilitation of Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands. martijnspruit@proteion.nl
Context:
Resistance training may be beneficial for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).
Objective:
To systematically review the methodological quality of, and summarise the effects of, moderate-to-high intensity resistance training in CHF.
Data Sources:
Medline/PubMed, Science Citation Index Expanded, SSCI and A&HCI.
Study Selection:
English language (non-)randomised controlled trials.
Data Extraction:
A predesigned data extraction form was used to obtain data on trial design and relevant results. Methodological quality of the identified trials were scored using the Delphi list.
Results:
Most of the 10 trials identified had moderate-to-severe methodological limitations. Effects of resistance training (alone or in combination with endurance training) are inconclusive for outcomes like exercise capacity and disease-specific quality of life.
Conclusions:
Even though moderate-to-high intensity resistance training does not seem be harmful for patients with CHF, the current peer-reviewed evidence seems inadequate to generally recommend incorporation of resistance training into exercise-based rehabilitation programmes for patients with CHF.
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