Skip Navigation

European Journal of Heart Failure 2000 2(1):65-70; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(99)00067-7
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (33)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Owen, A.
Right arrow Articles by Croucher, L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Owen, A.
Right arrow Articles by Croucher, L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 2000 European Society of Cardiology

Effect of an exercise programme for elderly patients with heart failure

A. Owena,* and L. Croucherb

a Department of Cardiology, Kent & Canterbury Hospital Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3LP, UK
b Department of Physiotherapy, Kent & Canterbury Hospital Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3LP, UK

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +4401227-766877 ext. 3031; fax: +4401227-781306


  Abstract

Aims: Benefit from exercise training programmes for patients with chronic heart failure has been demonstrated in relatively young (mean age 60 years) and predominantly male subjects. This study was undertaken to assess the effect of an exercise programme for older subjects more representative of the general heart failure population.

Methods and Results: Twenty-two patients with chronic heart failure of mean age 81±4 years were recruited into the study. Twenty-five percent were female and 31% were in chronic atrial fibrillation. A crossover study design was employed. The programme consisted of once weekly exercise sessions tailored to the abilities of elderly subjects and lasted for 12 weeks. Fifteen subjects completed the exercise component and nine the control component. The programme resulted in a 20% relative increase in 6-min walk test distance (ANCOVA: P<0.012). There was no improvement in quality of life as measured by the Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire, but the majority of subjects reported subjective improvement in wellbeing.

Conclusion: Elderly patients with chronic heart failure can benefit from an appropriately designed exercise programme and should not be excluded from future large scale trials.

Key Words: Heart failure • Exercise • Elderly • Quality of life

Received May 3, 1999; Revised October 12, 1999; Accepted November 3, 1999


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Eur J Heart FailHome page
B. A.F. van Tol, R. J. Huijsmans, D. W. Kroon, M. Schothorst, and G. Kwakkel
Effects of exercise training on cardiac performance, exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with heart failure: A meta-analysis
Eur J Heart Fail, December 1, 2006; 8(8): 841 - 850.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eur J Heart FailHome page
M. D. Witham, I. S. Argo, D. W. Johnston, A. D. Struthers, and M. E.T. McMurdo
Predictors of exercise capacity and everyday activity in older heart failure patients
Eur J Heart Fail, March 1, 2006; 8(2): 203 - 207.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eur Heart JHome page
M.C. Petrie, C. Berry, S. Stewart, and J.J.V. McMurray
Failing ageing hearts
Eur. Heart J., November 1, 2001; 22(21): 1978 - 1990.
[PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.