Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients ≥70 years of age with heart failure

TY - JOUR

T1 - Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients ≥70 years of age with heart failure

AU - Witham, Miles D.

AU - Gray, Joan M.

AU - Argo, Ishbel S.

AU - Johnston, Derek W.

AU - Struthers, Allan D.

AU - McMurdo, Marion E. T.

N1 - dc.publisher: Elsevier

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - Eighty-two patients aged =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.

AB - Eighty-two patients aged =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.

U2 - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.031

DO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.031

M3 - Article

C2 - 15842989

SN - 0002-9149

VL - 95

SP - 1120

EP - 1124

JO - American Journal of Cardiology

JF - American Journal of Cardiology

IS - 9

ER -