Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients > or = 70 years of age with heart failure.
Eighty-two patients aged > or = 70 years with heart failure were randomized to a gentle, seated exercise program or to usual care. Six-minute walk distance and quality of life did not change between groups, but daily activity as measured by accelerometry increased in the exercise group relative to the control group.
Witham
Miles D
MD
Section of Ageing and Health and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom. m.witham@dundee.ac.uk
Gray
Joan M
JM
Argo
Ishbel S
IS
Johnston
Derek W
DW
Struthers
Allan D
AD
McMurdo
Marion E T
ME
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D011187:Posture; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology