Journal article
Acute cardiovascular responses to leg-press resistance exercise in heart transplant recipients
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Reduced skeletal muscle strength is characteristic of individuals following heart transplantation. Weight lifting exercise has been demonstrated as an effective means by which to increase muscular strength in other cardiac patients but the appropriateness of this form of exercise in heart transplant patients has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to describe the cardiovascular responses of heart transplant patients …
Authors
Oliver D; Pflugfelder PW; McCartney N; McKelvie RS; Suskin N; Kostuk WJ
Journal
International Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 61–74
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2001
DOI
10.1016/s0167-5273(01)00529-0
ISSN
0167-5273