Home-based exercise increased exercise capacity safely but did not improve quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure .
It could therefore be used to improve the management of people with chronic heart failure who do not have access to hospital-based exercise
QUESTIONS Does home-based exercise improve exercise capacity and quality of life in people with chronic heart failure ?
Is it safe ?
Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients > or = 70 years of age with heart failure.
Eighty-two patients aged > or = 70 years with heart failure were r and omized to a gentle , seated exercise program or to usual care .  Six-minute walk distance and quality of life did not change between groups , but daily activity as measured by accelerometry increased in the exercise group relative to the control group
Home-based exercise increased exercise capacity safely but did not improve quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure .
It could therefore be used to improve the management of people with chronic heart failure who do not have access to hospital-based exercise
QUESTIONS Does home-based exercise improve exercise capacity and quality of life in people with chronic heart failure ?
Is it safe ?