Exercise Training for Heart Failure Patients Improves Respiratory Muscle Endurance, Exercise Tolerance, Breathlessness, and Quality of Life

Abstract

Despite no increase in cardiac output and stroke volume, respiratory muscle endurance improved with exercise training, contributing to increased exercise capacity, decreased breathlessness, and decreased perception of breathlessness. Practical implications can include less frequent rest periods and fatigue, greater confidence, maintenance of independence, and enhanced quality of life.