ReviewSystematic review of the effect of aerobic and resistance exercise training on systemic brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal BNP expression in heart failure patients
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Exercise training/therapy and heart failure
Exercise therapy appears to provide a range of benefits to people with chronic heart failure (CHF), including reduced mortality and hospitalization [1], improved functional capacity [2], quality of life [3], cardiac [4] and blood vessel function [5]. Some evidence also exists for pro-inflammatory cytokine expression modulation [6]. Various methods of physical therapy have been utilized to improve the clinical status of heart failure patients. In addition to traditional aerobic or resistance
Search strategy
Potential studies were identified by a systematic review librarian (ST). The search was conducted of Medline (Ovid) (1950–July 2008), Embase.com (1974–current), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL (1981–current) and Web of Science (2000–current). The search strategy included a mix of MeSH and free text terms for the key concepts heart failure, exercise training and brain natriuretic peptide and these were combined with a sensitive search strategy to identify randomized
Study characteristics
To date nine randomized, controlled studies meeting our eligibility criteria, with an aggregate number of 463 subjects (250 exercise participants and 213 controls) have been published [11], [14], [15], [16], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23]. One additional study, meeting eligibility criteria, was excluded as primary outcome data was unavailable [24]. Five studies measured BNP, six measured NT-pro-BNP and two studies measured both NT-pro and BNP. Exercise program and study participant
Analyses
Nine published studies, with an aggregate number of over 400 subjects have examined the effect of exercise training on BNP and NT-pro-BNP in heart failure patients. Analyses of the BNP and the N-terminal branch of BNP demonstrated overall reductions in these markers of heart failure severity following exercise training. Statistical significance of these changes remained after conducting sensitivity analyses.
Exercise program parameters
All but one study utilized cycling as the exercise mode at moderate (60–70% of peak VO2)
Acknowledgements
This study was funded by the Department of Health and Aging PHCRED program at Bond University. The authors would like to thank Sarah Thorning for conducting the literature search.
The authors would also like to acknowledge that this manuscript complies with the Principles of Ethical Publishing in the International Journal of Cardiology [28].
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