The Effectiveness of Nintendo Wii Fit and Inspiratory Muscle Training in Older Patients With Heart Failure

Nintendo Wii Fit group will perform including a series of yoga, balance, aerobics and muscle workout exercises by providing visual feedback on the TV screen with the Nintendo wii fit plus game console. Patients will perform these exercises in a room allocated to the thesis supervisor and together with the thesis supervisor physiotherapist. This process takes 40-50 minutes. Before starting test and after test, weight, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation value will be recorded. Patients will be rested if necessary during exercise.

Patients in the breathing exercise group will perform deep breathing exercises at home by a small breathing apparatus called as Threshold IMT. It has no unexpected side effects.Patients will do this exercise twice in a day ; morning and evening during 15 minutes. After 4-5 deep breath, patients will take normal breath till feeling relaxed.