title: Reasonable expectations: how much aerobic capacity, muscle strength, and quality of life can improve with exercise training in heart failure.
abstract: In this article, the literature that describes the magnitude of functional and quality of life gains with a traditional moderate-intensity aerobic and resistance training programs is reviewed, and differences between the impact of exercise training in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction versus heart failure with reduced ejection fraction are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, 3006 Webster Street, Omaha, NE 68131, USA. Electronic address: MarkWilliams@creighton.edu.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Lincoln Division, 1230 "O" Street, Suite 131, P.O. Box 880220, Lincoln, NE 68588-0220, USA.
authors.forename: Bunny
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pozehl
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Exercise training; Functional capacity; Health-related quality of life; Preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF); Reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)