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Hydrotherapy on exercise capacity, muscle strength and quality of life in patients with heart failure: A meta-analysis

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 198; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.132

1874-1754

Mansueto Gomes Neto, Cristiano Sena Conceição, Fábio Luciano Arcanjo de Jesus, Vitor Oliveira Carvalho,

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Heart failure (HF) is clinically characterized by exercise intolerance, poor health related quality of life (HRQOL) and high mortality [ 1 Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation & Excercise Physiology and Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur. Heart J. 2001; 22: 37-45 Crossref PubMed Scopus (137) Google Scholar , 2 Miura Y. Fukumoto Y. Miura T. Shimada K. Asakura M. Kadokami T. Ando S. Miyata S. Sakata Y. Daida H. Matsuzaki M. Yasuda S. Kitakaze M. Shimokawa H. Impact of physical activity on cardiovascular events in patients with chronic heart failure. A multicenter prospective cohort study. Circ. J. 2013; 77: 2963-2972 Crossref PubMed Scopus (27) Google Scholar , 3 Sacco S.J. Park C.L. Suresh D.P. Bliss D. Living with heart failure: psychosocial resources, meaning, gratitude and well-being. Heart Lung. 2014; 43: 213-218 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (44) Google Scholar ]. Exercise training is a well-established method to improve exercise intolerance and to restore HRQOL in patients with HF [ [4] Ismail H. McFarlane J.R. Dieberg G. Smart N.A. Exercise training program characteristics and magnitude of change in functional capacity of heart failure patients. Int. J. Cardiol. 2014; 171: 62-65 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (46) Google Scholar ]. However, the most efficient modality is unknown. In this context, hydrotherapy (i.e. exercise in warm water) has been proposed as an alternative tool in the rehabilitation of patients with HF.