Inspiratory muscle training in heart disease and heart failure: a review of the literature with a focus on method of training and outcomes Article

Full Text via DOI: 10.1586/ERC.12.191 PMID: 23405838 Web of Science: 000216635800013

Cited authors

  • Cahalin, Lawrence P.; Arena, Ross; Guazzi, Marco; Myers, Jonathan; Cipriano, Gerson; Chiappa, Gaspar; Lavie, Carl J.; Forman, Daniel E.

Abstract

  • Evidence to date strongly suggests that poor inspiratory muscle performance is associated with dyspnea, poor exercise tolerance and poor functional status in patients with heart failure (HF). A growing body of literature has examined the effects of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in HF patients with the majority of studies reporting favorable effects on several of the above limitations and a substantial number of related deficiencies due to inadequate inspiration and inspiratory muscle strength and endurance. The domains and manifestations of HF, which were significantly improved by IMT in one or more of the 18 out of 19 studies of IMT, included dyspnea, quality of life, balance, peripheral muscle strength and blood flow, peripheral muscle sympathetic nervous activity, heart rate, respiratory rate, peak VO2, 6-min walk test distance, ventilation, VE/VCO2 slope, oxygen uptake efficiency, circulatory power, recovery oxygen kinetics and several indices of cardiac performance. This paper will also review the available IMT literature with a focus on methods of IMT and clinical outcomes. Key differences between available IMT methods will be highlighted with a goal to improve IMT efforts and decrease the pathophysiological manifestations of heart disease and HF.

Publication date

  • 2013

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1477-9072

Start page

  • 161

End page

  • 177

Volume

  • 11

Issue

  • 2