Exercise and respiratory training improve exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with severe chronic pulmonary hypertension
| Autor: | N. Holzapfel, Felix F.J. Herth, Christian Opitz, Michael Halank, Marius M. Hoeper, Sandra Kreuscher, Jana Juenger, Stefanie Ghofrani, Jörg Winkler, Gabriele Karger, Ekkehard Grünig, Jan Buss, Heinrike Wilkens, Nicola Ehlken, Derliz Mereles, Horst Olschewski, Hugo A. Katus, F. Joachim Meyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Respiratory Therapy medicine.medical_treatment Hypertension Pulmonary Physical exercise law.invention Pulmonary heart disease Oxygen Consumption Randomized controlled trial law Physiology (medical) Internal medicine Medicine Humans Pulmonary rehabilitation Exercise physiology Exercise business.industry Respiratory disease Middle Aged medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension Exercise Therapy Respiratory Function Tests Chronic Disease Cardiology Physical therapy Quality of Life Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Anaerobic exercise |
| Zdroj: | Circulation. 114(14) |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 |
| Popis: | Background— Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with restricted physical capacity, limited quality of life, and a poor prognosis because of right heart failure. The present study is the first prospective randomized study to evaluate the effects of exercise and respiratory training in patients with severe symptomatic PH. Methods and Results— Thirty patients with PH (21 women; mean age, 50±13 years; mean pulmonary artery pressure, 50±15 mm Hg; mean World Health Organization [WHO] class, 2.9±0.5; pulmonary arterial hypertension, n=23; chronic thromboembolic PH, n=7) on stable disease-targeted medication were randomly assigned to a control (n=15) and a primary training (n=15) group. Medication remained unchanged during the study period. Primary end points were the changes from baseline to week 15 in the distance walked in 6 minutes and in scores of the Short Form Health Survey quality-of-life questionnaire. Changes in WHO functional class, Borg scale, and parameters of echocardiography and gas exchange also were assessed. At week 15, patients in the primary and secondary training groups had an improved 6-minute walking distance; the mean difference between the control and the primary training group was 111 m (95% confidence interval, 65 to 139 m; P Conclusions— This study indicates that respiratory and physical training could be a promising adjunct to medical treatment in severe PH. The effects add to the beneficial results of modern medical treatment. |
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