Home resistance training in an elderly woman with coronary heart disease.
In the current report, a home-based resistive exercise training program was designed for an older woman with coronary artery disease and chronic heart failure, who was unable to participate in a center-based program. With intermittent on-site instruction, the patient was able to learn and perform the designed exercise program. After 6 months of exercise, muscle strength (handgrip and leg extension) and lean body mass were increased, and indicators of physical functional performance were improved. We conclude that a home resistive-based exercise program, with intermittent on-site exercise counseling, may be an effective method for physical training in older coronary patients unable to travel to a rehabilitation center. Further study of this intervention in a controlled clinical trial appears warranted.
King
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University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, USA.
Savage
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Ades
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D013318:Stroke Volume; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires