Effects of a Home-based Exercise Program on Functional Capacity and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients

After agreement with the written informed consent, subjects with heart failure (left ventricle ejection fraction bellow or equal 40%) will be included in this study. They will be randomized in two groups: Home‐based and Supervised exercise groups. The two groups will be submitted to a twelve‐week combined exercise program of aerobic and peripheral muscle training. All volunteers will be assessed at baseline and after twelve weeks of intervention. Peripheric and respiratory muscle strength as well the 6MW analyses were assessed also at 4 and 8 weeks after baseline.