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Table 1 Summary of exercises provided to patients by the sports application

From: The effect of using a sports application on the quality of sleep in patients with heart failure: a randomized clinical trial study

1

Warm up

Five physical activities:

- Jogging for one minute

- Walking for one minute, including running in place (20–30 times), raising the hands and legs up and down (20–30 times) and stepping forward and backward (20–30 times)

- Raising hands in the air three to four times for one minute

- Rotating shoulders: ten times for one minute

- Bending the knees for one minute

2

Walking

− 30-minute walking based on the patient’s physiological ability (five minutes were added to the duration of their walking every two weeks up to a maximum of 30 min in the last sessions)

- The first and second weeks: 15 min

- The third and fourth weeks: 20 min

- The fifth and sixth weeks: 25 min

- The 7th and 8th weeks: 30 min

3

Cool-down

- Four movements to cool down after 5-minute walking

- Holding the ankle while standing

- Stretching the trunk from both sides

- Performing quad stretch

- Performing thigh and hip stretch