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A study showed that walking 1000 to 5000 steps a day was beneficial for heart failure patients. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]A study has shown that walking 1,000 to 5,000 steps a day is beneficial for heart failure patients.
Heart failure occurs when the heart becomes too weak or stiff to pump enough blood through the body. Fatigue and shortness of breath make daily activities such as walking, climbing stairs, and carrying groceries difficult.
According to a study published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiolog by researchers at the University of Michigan, heart failure patients who walked 1,000 to 5,000 steps a day had significantly improved symptoms and reduced physical limitations compared to patients who walked less. was
Researchers had 425 heart failure patients who participated in a clinical trial of a diabetes treatment wear a wearable device that could track their daily steps and physical activity. The data was stored on the connected smartphone.
After the 12-week clinical trial was over, as a result of analyzing the collected data, the number of steps taken by the participants overall increased compared to before the test, and accordingly, the physical limit score improved by 4 points.
Patients who experienced heart failure symptoms more often took an average of 2,473 steps per day, while patients who scored 75 or more on a symptom score out of 100 took an average of 5,351 steps per day.
Patients who walked 2,000 steps a day had a 3.11 point higher total symptom score than patients who walked only 1,000 steps, and those who walked 3,000 steps had a 2.89 point higher score.
In addition, patients who increased the number of steps during the 12-week trial showed better physical limit scores than those who did not.
Frederick Ho, a cardiovascular epidemiologist at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, said: “This study offers some good suggestions on how people with heart failure can stay relatively healthy. If you can walk, you can better manage your symptoms,” he said.
However, this study also had limitations. This is because none of the patients in the trial who walked more than 5,000 steps showed any improvement in their health.
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