aquatic exercise is effective in improving exercise performance in patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes mellitus水上运动是有效改善心力衰竭患者的运动性能和2型糖尿病.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 349209, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/349209 Research Article Aquatic Exercise Is Effective in Improving Exercise Performance in Patients with Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ˚ 1, 2 3 1 3 Cider Asa, Schaufelberger Maria, Stibrant Sunnerhagen Katharina, and Andersson Bert 1 Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Mailbox 455, 405 35 Gothenburg, Sweden 2 Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden 3 Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Mailbox 100, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden ˚ Correspondence should be addressed to Cider Asa, asa.cider@gu.se Received 14 October 2011; Revised 22 January 2012; Accepted 23 January 2012 Academic Editor: Myeong Soo Lee ˚ Copyright © 2012 Cider Asa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. Peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak ) and muscle function are more decreased in patients with a combination of chronic heart failure (CHF) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (2DM) compared to patients with only one of the conditions. Further, patients with 2DM have peripheral complications that hamper many types of conventional exercises.