Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorders

To evaluate the effect of slow breathing exercise on oxygen saturation and left ventricular functions in chronic heart failure patients. Inspiratory muscle training and slow breathing exercise are techniques that are designed to improve the level of dyspnea, inspiratory muscle strength and endurance, limb blood flow, walking distance, exercise tolerance, as well as health related quality of life in left side heart failure patients. Sixty patients were randomly selected from Cairo university hospitals (critical care department), their ages ranged from 50 to 65 years. They were divided into two equal groups study and control group, Thirty patients for each group, each patient of the study group received both slow breathing for 30 min with frequency five sessions per week and medical treatment for one month, each patient of the control group received only medical treatment, all patients are clinically and medically stable as they were on standard cardiac medications all over the study. Pre and post study O2 saturation, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Quality of life assessment were done for each patient of both groups

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