Beneficial effects of physical training and methodology of exercise prescription in patients with heart failure

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-277

  Papathanasiou, George ^a,b   Tsamis, Nikolaos ^a   Georgiadou, Panagiota ^a   Adamopoulos, Stamatis ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart failure; Physical training

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; VASCULOTROPIN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHRONOTROPISM; DISTAL MYOPATHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KINESIOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VAGUS TONE;

EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 54549105807     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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