exercise capacity

GENEVA (MedPage Today) -- Ventricular assist devices may equal heart transplantation in helping patients get through daily activities, although they don't measure up for relief from breathlessness and restoration of exercise capacity, according to a small study.

(American Physical Therapy Association) Physical therapist-directed exercise counseling combined with fitness center-based exercise training can improve muscular strength and exercise capacity in people with type 2 diabetes, with outcomes similar to those of supervised exercise, according to a randomized clinical trial published in the September issue of Physical Therapy, the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Athletes who take human growth hormone may not be getting the boost they expected. While growth hormone adds some muscle, it doesn't appear to improve strength or exercise capacity, according to a review of studies that tested the hormone in mostly athletic young men....