Changes in Derived Measures from Six-minute Walk Distance Following Home-based Exercise Training in Congestive Heart Failure: A Preliminary Report

Overview

Journal Indian Heart J

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2016 Aug 21

PMID 27543478

Citations 2

Authors

Abraham Samuel Babu

Charmie V Desai

Arun G Maiya

Vasudeva Guddattu

Ramachandran Padmakumar

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Abstract

The response of derived parameters from six-minute walk distance (6MWD), like 6MW work (6MWW), to exercise training and its correlation with quality of life (QoL) in congestive heart failure (CHF) is not known. A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial on 30 patients (23 males; mean age 57.7±10.4 years; mean ejection fraction 31±10%) with CHF in NYHA class I-IV who completed an eight-week home-based exercise training program found a significant improvement in 6MWW (p<0.05), with similar correlations between 6MWD and 6MWW with QoL. 6MWW does not appear to provide additional benefit to 6MWD in cardiac rehabilitation for CHF.

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