Handgrip Strength as a Predictor of Exercise Capacity in Coronary Heart Disease

Purpose: A recent study has shown that quadriceps strength can be used to predict the level of exercise capacity in patients with coronary heart disease. We investigated whether the relationship between muscular strength and exercise capacity is also observed with handgrip strength (HGS). Methods: We studied 443 participants (61.8 ± 11.2 yr; 78% male) who underwent coronary intervention and participated in cardiac rehabilitation between 2015 and 2018. Logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between various clinical measures (HGS, age, sex, etc) with the distance walked on a 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and maximal oxygen uptake ( JOURNAL/jcprh/04.02/01273116-202003000-00006/math_6MM1/v/2020-03-01T143112Z/r/image-png O2max). Results: Handgrip strength was related to distance walked on the 6MWT (r = 0.435, P
Source: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: research