The effect of physical training on workload, upper leg muscle function and muscle areas in patients with chronic heart failure

Effects of home-based exercise training for patients with chronic heart failure and sleep apnoea: a randomized comparison of two different programmes

“…Isokinetic testing for strength and endurance improved after home-based exercise training for both Groups 1 and 2, whereas there was a small deterioration or no change in control Group 3. The same benefits were demonstrated by Senden and colleagues (2005), 27 with combined supervised and home-based exercise.…”

The Addition of Strength Training to Aerobic Interval Training

“…Other studies using different accurate imaging methods (computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging) have also failed to show significant changes in muscle mass after physical training. 10,11 Although high-intensity strength training has been shown to induce an increase in muscle cross-sectional diameter, associated with an increased fiber area in a small study of CHF patients, 12 in our study, no increase in muscle mass was observed after the inclusion of moderate-intensity strength training in an endurance interval training program in CHF patients. The diversity of patient characteristics described in the earlier studies, as well as differences in training protocols and testing procedures, may explain the discrepancy of these findings.…”

Effects of moderate-to-high intensity resistance training in patients with chronic heart failure

“…Of these articles, 37 were considered eligible after abstracts had been read and reviewed in detail. Twenty-seven trials313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657 were excluded for one or more of the following reasons: pooled data from multiple studies; low-intensity resistance training; whole-body endurance training without resistance training; unsupervised home-based resistance and endurance training; local endurance training protocol using Thera-Band; local endurance training using knee extensor ergometer; no CHF; training intensity was not derived from one-repetition maximum (1RM); resistance in combination with endurance training versus usual care controls and/or a single-leg resistance training. No trials were selected from reference lists of the remaining articles.…”