Key result
Physical rehabilitation improves clinical status, exercise tolerance, and quality of life in HF.
Provides a comprehensive overview of physical rehabilitation principles, indications, and practical advice for patients with heart failure.
Supports physical rehabilitation in heart failure; extends evidence base but leaves optimal protocols open for randomized trials.
The article highlights the main issues of physical rehabilitation, which is an important component of the treatment of patients with heart failure. The effect of stress on central hemodynamics, respiratory system, skeletal muscles, neurohumoral system and endothelial function is described.The indications and contraindications for physical rehabilitation in patients with chronic heart failure, general principles of training, the types and phases of exercises are listed. The symptoms that may appear during exercise are indicated.Detailed advice is given to help the patient to properly organize and monitor the process of physical rehabilitation.
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А. V. Zhadan (2019) conducted a review in Heart failure. Physical rehabilitation and exercise training was evaluated. Physical rehabilitation is an important component of heart failure treatment that improves clinical status, exercise tolerance, and quality of life.
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