Leg Strength Increases Chance of Surviving Heart Attacks by 41 Percent
A new Japanese study suggests that people with strong leg muscles are less likely to experience heart failure following a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. The finding sheds light on the significance of quadriceps muscles and the potential for resistance training as a preventative measure.
The long-term study of 932 heart attack patients was presented at Heart Failure 2023, a scientific meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.
The findings haven’t yet been replicated, but they do suggest that strength training involving the quadriceps muscles should be recommended for patients who have experienced a heart attack to prevent heart failure, study author Kensuke Ueno, a physical therapist at Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, said in a May 20 statement….