Acupuncture improves exercise tolerance in heart failure patients

Acupuncture can improve the exercise tolerance of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), potentially by improving skeletal muscle function. Seventeen patients with CHF, all receiving optimised heart failure medication, were randomised into a verum acupuncture (VA) and placebo acupuncture (PA) group. The maximum distance that patients were capable of walking in six minutes increased signific ...

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