title: Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients > or = 70 years of age with heart failure.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Ageing and Health and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom. m.witham@dundee.ac.uk
authors.forename: Miles D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Witham
authors.forename: Joan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Ishbel S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Argo
authors.forename: Derek W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Allan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Struthers
authors.forename: Marion E T
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McMurdo
mesh_terms: 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