Cor Vasa 2021, 63(3):325-332 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2020.115

Individually tailored 12-week home-based exercise program improves both physical capacity and sleep quality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Līna Butānea, b, Matīss Šablinskisa, b, Andris Skridea, b, Daina Šmitea
a Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
b Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

Background: Most patients with optimal PAH-targeted medical therapy suffer from clinical symptoms, reduced exercise tolerance and have a poor quality of life. The 2019 European Respiratory Society task force statement on physical exercise and rehabilitation in patients with severe, chronic PH suggests that individually adjusted and monitored exercise programs are likely to be safe for PH patients, who are clinically stable on medical therapy. Currently, the development of PAH-specific rehabilitation interventions is still in the research stage. We present the preliminary results of a more extensive study with the aim to show the effectiveness of a 12-week individualized, home-based exercise program in promoting physical capacity, quality of sleep and reducing signs of emotional distress in patients with PAH.

Keywords: Exercise training, Home-based exercise, Physical capacity, Pulmonary arterial hypertension, Sleep quality

Received: September 1, 2020; Revised: November 24, 2020; Accepted: December 14, 2020; Published: July 20, 2021  Show citation

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Butāne L, Šablinskis M, Skride A, Šmite D. Individually tailored 12-week home-based exercise program improves both physical capacity and sleep quality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Cor Vasa. 2021;63(3):325-332. doi: 10.33678/cor.2020.115.
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