Open AccessTai Chi Exercise in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Gloria Y. Yeh,
Ellen P. McCarthy,
Peter M. Wayne,
Lynne W. Stevenson,
Malissa J. Wood,
Daniel E. Forman,
Roger B. Davis,
Russell S. Phillips
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.150
Subject(s) - ejection fraction , medicine , heart failure , quartile , vo2 max , quality of life (healthcare) , cardiology , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , heart rate , confidence interval , blood pressure , nursing
Preliminary evidence suggests that meditative exercise may have benefits for patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HF); this has not been rigorously tested in a large clinical sample. We sought to investigate whether tai chi, as an adjunct to standard care, improves functional capacity and quality of life in patients with HF.
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