Effects of yoga versus hydrotherapy training on health-related quality of life and exercise capacity in patients with heart failure: A randomized controlled study

Abstract

Yoga may be an alternative or complementary option to established forms of exercise training such as hydrotherapy for improvement in health-related quality of life and may decrease depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure.

Respiratory training interventions improve health status of heart failure patients: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trails

“…The 1006 males (67.1%) averaged 60.2 years of age and the 493 females (32.9%) averaged 61.3 years of age. In terms of NYHA class, the largest number of studies (11 RCTs; 35.5%)[32-42] targeted NYHA class II-III patients and the second largest number (5 RCTs; 16.1%)[43-47] targeted NYHA class I-III patients. The duration of the respiratory training interventions in the 31 RCT studies ranged between 4 wk and 24 wk, with the largest number (15 RCTs, 48.4%)[18,32,38,40,42,45-54] lasting for 12 wk, followed by 5 RCTs (16.1%) with interventions that lasted for 8 wk[34,43,44,55,56] and 10 wk[35-37,41,57], respectively.…”

“…A total of 13 RCTs (41.9%)[18,33,34,42,45-47,49,54-58] described random sequence generation and 9 (29.0%)[18,33,38,39,47,49,51,54,57] described allocation concealment. With the regard to blinding, 4 RCTs (12.9%)[33,45,47,54] blinded the participants and 14 (45.2%)[18,33,36,37,41,43-45,50-54,57] blinded the data collectors. The average dropout rate of participants was 12%, with 7 RCTs reporting a rate in excess of 20%[18,34,47,49,50,53,57].…”

“…With the regard to blinding, 4 RCTs (12.9%)[33,45,47,54] blinded the participants and 14 (45.2%)[18,33,36,37,41,43-45,50-54,57] blinded the data collectors. The average dropout rate of participants was 12%, with 7 RCTs reporting a rate in excess of 20%[18,34,47,49,50,53,57]. Finally, absence of publication bias was further assured by funnel plot and Egger’s test results for heart rate ( P = 0.06), VO 2 peak ( P = 0.16), 6MWT ( P = 0.20), and MLWHFQ score ( P = 0.37), respectively.…”

Nursing research in heart failure care: a position statement of the american association of heart failure nurses (AAHFN)

“…12 A growing body of literature exists on the effectiveness of a variety of exercise interventions for patients with HF in which nurses maintain a key role, such as a cardiac rehabilitation program for HF patients, 30 home walking programs, [31][32][33][34] home-based telemonitored cardiac rehabilitation, 35,36 tai chi 37,38 and yoga. 39,40 Other interventions that have been tested for effects to improve patient outcomes in HF include those aimed at improving cognitive function. In preliminary studies, cognitive training led to small improvements in cognitive function, 41,42 as well as positive effects on engagement in HF self-care 43 and functional outcomes such as instrumental activities of daily living (e.g., medication taking, grocery shopping) that may result in reduced healthcare costs.…”

The Potentials of Spring Water in Brintik Indonesia as the Stroke Therapy Medium

“…It is also a known fact that aquatic therapy can help stroke patients or people with neurological logic disorders to enhance and obtain optimum mobility [12] [8] . Aquatic exercises for stroke patients using water as resistance involves the arm muscles, shoulders, back, stomach, and feet [13] . The systematic reviews regarding the effectiveness of aquatic therapy showed that it improved the dynamic balance and walking speed of stroke patients [12] .…”