Blood Flow Restricted Resistance Exercises Versus Low Level Laser on Cardiac Functions in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Blood Flow Restricted Resistance Exercises Versus Low Level Laser on Cardiac Functions in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

This study is designed to compare between blood flow restricted resistance exercises and low level laser on cardiac functions in patients with chronic heart failure

This study will be carried out on sixty male and female patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure. They will be recruited from El-Demerdash hospital, Ain Shams university, Cairo. Their ages will be ranged from (40-60) years old. The design of this study will be a randomized controlled trail (RCT).

The patients of this study will randomly assigned into three equal groups (n=20):

Study Group A (20 patients) will receive blood flow restricted resistance exercises in addition to medical treatment program and routine cardiac rehabilitation.

Study Group B (20 patients) will receive low level laser in addition to medical treatment program and routine cardiac rehabilitation.

Control Group C (20 patients) will receive medical treatment program and routine cardiac rehabilitation only.

The program of treatment for the three groups A ,B , and C will be applied once per day, three times per week for 12 consecutive weeks

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sixty male and female patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure since six months with LVEF<40%.
• They are functionally classified as class II according to New York Heart Association (NYHA).
• Their age will be ranged from 40 to 60 years old.
• Their BMI will be ranged from 25 to 29.9 kg/m².
• They will have good mentality

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unstable coronary heart disease.
• Severe valvular diseases.
• Underlying pulmonary disease (aspiration pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumothorax, etc.).
• Inability to ambulate owing to physical problems (paresis induced by cerebral stroke, spinal cord injury, amputation, severe pain, dyspnea, etc.).
• muskloskletal problems (e.g. severe osteoarthritis or ankylosing spondylitis).
• impaired cognitive function (vascular dementia, Alzheimer's dementia, other psychological disease, etc.)