Selective low-level leg muscle training alleviates dyspnea in patients with heart failure
Ainat Beniaminovitz, MD*,
Chim C. Lang, MD, FACC*,
John LaManca, PhD* and
Donna M. Mancini, MD*,*
* Division of Circulatory Physiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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Figure 1 Single-load exercise duration in the control and training groups before and after the intervention. The single workload corresponded to 70% peak oxygen consumption. Filled diamond = pretraining; filled square= post-training. *p < 0.001 pretraining versus post-training.
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Figure 2 Perceived dyspnea using the modified Borg scale during submaximal testing in the training group before and after training. Diamond = pretraining; square = post-training. *p < 0.05, pretraining versus post-training.
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