What is it about?
An increasing number of studies are focusing on how exercise can improve the cardiopulmonary function and the quality of life overall. We briefly examined and summarized the benefit of exercise training in patients with PH, analyzing the evidence-based recommendations about exercise training in these patients.
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Why is it important?
Throughout the analysis of the physiological mechanisms that may be the basis for the amelioration of the symptoms and provided evidence-based recommendations about frequency, type, intensity and setting of exercise training, we consistently verified that increasing physical activity could help to better manage the pulmonary hypertension.
Perspectives
An exponential number of studies show the potential role of exercise as additional treatment in PH, with significant effects in several clinical and haemodynamic parameters as endurance, peak oxygen consumption, cardiovascular, respiratory and musculo-skeletal function.
Augusto Fusco
Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi
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This page is a summary of: Open Questions about Pulmonary Hypertension and Exercise Training: A Critical Review, Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, March 2018, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/1573398x14666180129162008.
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