Exercise Training
‘Athletes are frustrated’: Better guidance needed for pregnant, postpartum elite runners
Pregnancy and parenthood can bring added concerns for elite female athletes, who often face conflicting information about safety and risks for injury associated with intense sports training regimens during pregnancy and postpartum.
Early exercise training benefits hospitalized adults with COPD
Starting exercise training early in a hospitalization for a COPD exacerbation led to improved exercise capacity and physical function at discharge, according to study results published in Respiratory Medicine.
In PAD, improvements greatest during first 2 months of supervised exercise training
In patients with peripheral artery disease who underwent a 3-month supervised exercise training program, the greatest improvements in functional performance occurred during the first 2 months, researchers reported.
Running, wall sits most effective exercises for high blood pressure
Several exercise training modes improved resting BP, but isometric exercise was the most effective, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Isometric exercise training most effective for lowering blood pressure
Several exercise training modes improved blood pressure, but the most effective mode was isometric exercise training, researchers reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
VIDEO: Supervised exercise training beneficial in patients with PAD
ARLINGTON, Texas — In this Healio video exclusive, Ambarish Pandey, MD, discusses a presentation on supervised exercise training for patients with peripheral artery disease.
Cardiac rehab after CABG tied to reduced risk for mortality at 2 years
Among patients who underwent CABG, those who attended cardiac rehabilitation were more likely to survive at 2 years compared with those who were not, researchers reported.
AHA: Supervised exercise training may yield clinical benefits in HFpEF
Exercise is safe and provides substantial, clinically relevant improvements in aerobic exercise capacity and quality of life for select adults with HF with preserved ejection fraction.
Online yoga can provide short-term physical function benefits in osteoarthritis
Compared with online education alone, unsupervised online yoga courses can provide short-term benefits to physical function, but not knee pain, in osteoarthritis, according to data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Few patients with axial SpA have knowledge, skills for cardiorespiratory training
Although most patients with axial spondyolarthritis understand the importance of regular physical activity, few have the knowledge and skills necessary to perform cardiorespiratory training, according to data published in BMC Rheumatology.