Open AccessEffects of early mobilisation program on functional capacity, daily living activities, and N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide in patients hospitalised for acute heart failure. A randomised controlled trial
Author(s) -
Ahmad Ahmad,
Aya Ibrahim Elshenawy,
Mohammed Abdelghany,
Heba Ali Abd Elghaffar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
hong kong physiotherapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.343
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1876-441X
pISSN - 1013-7025
DOI - 10.1142/s1013702523500014
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , acute decompensated heart failure , rehabilitation , ejection fraction , brain natriuretic peptide , randomized controlled trial , cardiogenic shock , physical therapy , cardiology , myocardial infarction
Patients hospitalised for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) show reduced functional capacity, limited activities of daily living (ADL), and elevated N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). The management of these patients focuses mainly on medical therapy with little consideration for in-patient cardiac rehabilitation. There has been a growing interest in evaluating the efficacy of early mobilisation, as the core for in-hospital rehabilitation, in ADHF patients in the last decade; however, the randomised trials on this topic are few.