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    Exercise training improves functional walking capacity and activity leve lof Nigerians with chronic biventricular heart failure
    (Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, 2015) Ajiboye, O.A.; Anigbogu, C.N.; Ajuluchukwu, J.N.; Jaja, S.I.
    Background:Exercise training (ET) has been recommended as an adjunctive ther-apy in chronic heart failure but the role of ETin people with biventricular heart failure(BVF) has not been explored in Nigeria.Objective:This study aimed to investigate the role of ET on functional walking capacity andactivity level of Nigerians with BVF.Methods:Sixty-six patients with chronic BVF in New York Heart Association Class II and III(mean age 54.0 1.6 years) recruited from a Nigerian tertiary hospital participated in thestudy. They were randomized into either the exercise group or control group. These patient swere on their prescribed medications and underwent education/counselling sessions. In addition, patients in the exercise group performed aerobic and resistance training thrice weekly for 12 weeks. Functional walking capacity was assessed using the 6-minute walk test, oxygen consumption was estimated using the Duke Activity Status Index questionnaire while the Veterans’ Specific Activity questionnaire was used to assess the activity level.Results:The exercise group had significant improvements in all components of functional walking capacity and activity level. No significant improvement was observed in controls(p<0.05).Conclusion:Supervised and structured ET is safe and beneficial for patients with BVF.
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    Prediction equations for 6-minute walk distance in apparently healthy Nigerians. Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal 32, 65- 72.
    (Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, 2014) Ajiboye, O.A.; Anigbogu, C.N; Ajuluchukwu, J.N.; Jaja, S.I.
    AbstractThe aims of this study were to determine the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD),establish prediction equations for the 6MWD in apparently healthy Nigerians, evaluate any ef-fects regarding participant sex, and compare measured 6MWDs with the predicted 6MWD fromreference equations derived from other populations. Four hundred and twenty two (422)apparently healthy Nigerians participated in the study. The 6-minute walk test was carriedout according to the American Thoracic Standard-standardized protocol. The 6MWD obtainedfrom the study was compared with reference values from other foreign populations. Therewere no significant differences between the mean age and mean weight of the male and female participants. However, significant difference existed in the mean height and mean bodymass index (BMI;p<0.001) of these participants. Male participants covered a statistically significant longer distance than female participants (p<0.001). The mean 6MWD measured in Nigerian participants (517.6 72.2 m) was statistically lower than 6MWD in Americans, Brazilians, and Tunisians and was higher than in Arabians (p 0.002), respectively. The 6-MWD in healthy Nigerians cannot be predicted by established reference equations from other populations. The regression equations established in this study may better predict the distance for Nigerians