Patients with acute decompensated heart failure who were frail at baseline benefited more from early targeted physical rehabilitation than those who were prefrail in a REHAB-HF secondary analysis.
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A physical rehabilitation program tailored to people diagnosed with acute decompensated heart failure appeared to improve physical functioning, quality of life, and even depression, researchers reported.
After 3 months, patients who were classified as frail or pre-frail improved by an average 1.5 units in the Short Physical Performance Battery compared with patients who were not involved in the program (95% CI 0.9-2.0,
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