Application of inspiratory muscle training to improve physical tolerance in older patients with ischemic heart failure

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Abstract

Regardless of the management regime for heart failure (HF), there is strong evidence sup-porting the early implementation of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Respiratory therapy is considered to be an integral part of such secondary prevention protocols. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on exercise tolerance and the functional parameters of the respiratory system in patients with heart failure involved in cardiac rehabilitation. The study included 90 patients with HF who took part in the second-stage 8-week cycle of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). They were randomly divided into three groups: Group I underwent CR and IMT; Group II only CR; and patients in Group III underwent only the IMT. Before and after the 8-week cycle, participants were assessed for exercise tolerance and the functional parameters of respiratory muscle strength. Significant statistical improvement concerned the majority of the hemodynamic parameters, lung function parameters, and respiratory muscle strength in the first group. Moreover, the enhancement in the exercise tolerance in the CR + IMT group was accompa-nied by a negligible change in the HRpeak. The results confirm that the addition of IMT to the standard rehabilitation process of patients with heart failure can increase the therapeutic effect while influencing some of the parameters measured by exercise electrocardiography and respiratory function.

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Piotrowska, M., Okrzymowska, P., Kucharski, W., & Rożek-Piechura, K. (2021). Application of inspiratory muscle training to improve physical tolerance in older patients with ischemic heart failure. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312441

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