Why the study?
Does warm water immersion and hydrotherapy improve biventricular function and hemodynamics in patients with chronic heart failure?
Population
18 patients with chronic heart failure, mean age 69 +/- 8 years, LVEF 31 +/- 9%, peakVO2 14.6 +/- 4.5…
Comparison
Acute warm water immersion and 8 weeks of… vs Echocardiography on land and an 8-week control…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
8 weeks of control followed by 8 weeks of hydrotherapy
Authors
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Acute hemodynamic shifts with immersion in HF are hypothesis-generating; prospective trials needed to assess hydrotherapy durability.
Does warm water immersion and hydrotherapy improve biventricular function and hemodynamics in patients with chronic heart failure?
Acute warm water immersion improves biventricular function and reduces systemic vascular resistance in heart failure patients, though 8 weeks of hydrotherapy did not lead to sustained improvements.
Sveälv et al. (2009) studied this question.
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