Pilates in Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 351-356

  Guimarães, Guilherme Veiga ^a   Carvalho, Vitor Oliveira ^a   Bocchi, Edimar Alcides ^a   d'Avila, Veridiana Moraes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart failure, Pilates; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PILATES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865141860     PISSN: 17555914     EISSN: 17555922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2011.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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