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Acupuncture helps chronic heart patients in exercising

By IANS
July 3rd, 2010


LONDON -" Acupuncture can help chronic heart patients tolerate exercises well, says a clinical pilot study.

Patients with chronic weakness of the heart muscle, one of the most frequent diseases and cause of death in Europe, suffer from a reduction in work capacity. Shortness of breath and fatigue brought on by physical exercise are other signs of the disease.
The needles do not increase the heart’s pump function, but they seem to influence skeletal muscle strength and thus can increase the distance that heart patients can walk.
The research team was headed by Johannes Backs, physician at the Department of Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology, and Pneumology) of Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. .."

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