NORDIC WALKING AND STANDARD EXERCISE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE: A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED-TRIAL COMPARISON

Nordic walking (NW) is a form of exercise training that may be advantageous for patients with heart failure (HF). The objective of this study was to determine whether a 12-week program of NW is more effective than standardized exercise therapy (SET) in increasing exercise capacity and HF-specific health-related quality of life (HRQL) in such patients. A two-arm randomized controlled trial allocated 77 patients with HF to either SET or NW for a...