Key result
Scoping review of small muscle mass training in heart failure yields no quantitative outcome data.
Why the study?
Although the efficacy of exercise has been verified in HF, there are currently no published reviews evaluating small muscle mass training.
Does small muscle mass training improve exercise capacity, quadriceps muscle strength, and quality of life in patients with heart failure?
Does small muscle mass training improve exercise capacity, quadriceps muscle strength, and quality of life in patients with heart failure?
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This scoping review aims to describe the characteristics and short-term outcomes of isolated knee extensor training protocols in patients with heart failure.
The contribution of skeletal muscle abnormalities to exercise intolerance in heart failure (HF) is well established.1 Small muscle mass training, localized to the quadriceps femoris muscle group, has been a proposed intervention to target these impairments. Isolating exercise to one muscle group exerts less demand on the central circulation than whole-body exercise,2 potentially improving patient participation in therapeutic exercise programs. the efficacy of exercise has been verified in HF,3,4 there are currently no published reviews for small muscle mass training. Hence, this review aimed to describe the characteristics of the isolated knee extensor training protocols and short-term outcomes such as exercise capacity, quadriceps muscle strength, and quality of life (QoL).
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Louis et al. (2022) conducted a review in Heart Failure. Small muscle mass training was evaluated on Exercise capacity, quadriceps muscle strength, and quality of life. Small muscle mass training via isolated knee extensor protocols in heart failure was the subject of this scoping review, though no quantitative results or findings were reported in the abstract.
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