Effects of upper extremity aerobic exercise training on oxygen consumption, exercise capacity, dyspnea and quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic and progressive cardiopulmonary disease in which the mean pulmonary artery pressure is greater than 25  mmHg at rest.1 The most prevalent symptoms in PAH are dyspnea, fatigue, chest pain, and syncope. The presence of these symptoms negatively affects physical functioning in patients. The patients experience a decrease in exercise capacity, increase in dyspnea, and deterioration in the quality of lif e.2,3 Despite improvements in the prognosis of PAH through medical treatments, dyspnea and deterioration in exercise capacity continue to adversely affect the patients’ quality of life.

Source: Heart and Lung - May 23, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Burcu Camc ıoğlu Yılmaz, Meral Boşnak Güçlü, Müşerrefe Nur Keleş, Gülten Aydoğdu Taçoy, Atiye Çengel Source Type: research