Mehwish Waseem, Naveed Yaqoob, Muhammad Iqbal Tariq, Muhammad Qasim Raza, Imran Amjad.
Effects of Lower Limb Cycle Training on Echocardiographic Parameters of Left Ventricle in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;28(5):370-3.

Objective: To determine the effect of lower limb ergometric training on echocardiographic parameters of left ventricle in dilated cardiomyopathy (DMC) patients. Study Design: Randomized control trial. Place and Duration of Study: Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from September 2016 to February 2017. Methodology: Clinically stable patients with DCM (n=60), were randomly allocated into an interventional group with twomonth interventional program and a non-trained control group (n=30 each). Treatment protocol for interventional group was lower limb ergometer exercise for 8 weeks, 4 days/week. Pre and post-treatment echocardiography was done in both groups at baseline and after 8 weeks. SPSS 21 was used for data analysis. Results: The median (IQR) age of the patients was 51 (18) years in interventional group and 62 (11) years in control group. Male to female ratio was 18:9 in control group and 17:12 in Interventional group. Statistically significant results were detected within the groups regarding ejection fraction (EF), left ventricular internal dimension systole (LVIDS) and left ventricular internal diastolic dimension (LVIDD) (p <0.001). Conclusion: Exercise training with lower limb ergometer was effective in improving the ejection fraction and left ventricular dimensions in patients with dilated cardiomyopathies.

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