Effects of Cycle Ergometer Training on Heart Rate Recovery and Mind Fullness in NYHA Class I, II Heart Failure Patients

A review stated that "clinical and experimental data shows that physical training is an important aspect in the management of chronic heart failure patients. Also, it stated that physical exercise training plays an important role to modulate peripheral immune responses if congestive heart failure (CHF) patients show high pro-inflammatory cytokines, soluble cellular adhesion molecules, which further resulted in an improvement in exercise capacity in CHF patients.

Heart rate recovery (HRR) improved in patients who were enrolled in the cardiac rehabilitation stage 2 program while similar outcomes were not noted among the control group. It was concluded that cardiac rehabilitation exercise program improves heart rate recovery. Also, HRR may be used in a cardiac rehabilitation program to recognize high risk factors and also useful in evaluating the outcomes.

a systematic review about the effects of exercise training in patients with CHF was published who concluded that short-term physical exercise training in selected subgroups of patients with CHF, has physiological benefits and positive effects on quality of life.

A meta-analysis by the Collaborative Group concluded that there is no evidence that supervised medical training programs for patients with CHF are dangerous and indeed there is clear evidence of an overall reduction in mortality. The authors did not perform a quantitative analysis on the outcome of cardiac performance, exercise capacity, or quality of life.