Do low-frequency electrical myostimulation and aerobic training similarly improve performance in chronic heart failure patients with different exercise capacities?

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Deley, Gaëlle ^a,c   Eicher, Jean Christophe ^b   Verges, Bénédicte ^b   Wolf, Jean Eric ^b   Casillas, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Conventional aerobic exercise training; Exercise capacity; Low frequency electrical myostimulation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE RECOVERY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 41349093370     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0153     Document Type: Article

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