scholarly journals Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Training for High-Risk Cardiac Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee Eun Choi ◽  
Chul Kim ◽  
Yukyung Sohn
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Schmid ◽  
Ugo Corrà

Exercise training (ET) in cardiac patients is considered safe, even early after an acute event or in the case of advanced heart disease. However, clinical incidents during rehabilitation may occur, in particular in patients considered to be ‘high risk’. Therefore these patients have to be identified at the beginning of an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme and deserve particular attention. This includes a thorough clinical assessment, a tailored exercise prescription, and appropriate monitoring.


1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 404 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kelly ◽  
K. Rothe ◽  
C. Callahan ◽  
A. Klapperich

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (01) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Simon Nichols ◽  
Gordon McGregor ◽  
Jeff Breckon ◽  
Lee Ingle

AbstractCardiac rehabilitation is a package of lifestyle secondary prevention strategies designed for patients with coronary heart disease and chronic heart failure. A community-based cardiac rehabilitation programme provides patients with a structured exercise training intervention alongside educational support and psychological counselling. This review provides an update regarding the clinical benefits of community-based cardiac rehabilitation from a psycho-physiological perspective, and also focuses on the latest epidemiological evidence regarding potential survival benefits. Behaviour change is key to long-term adoption of a healthy and active lifestyle following a cardiac event. In order for lifestyle interventions such as structured exercise interventions to be adopted by patients, practitioners need to ensure that behaviour change programmes are mapped against patient’s priorities and values, and adapted to their level of readiness and intention to engage with the target behaviour. We review the evidence regarding behaviour change strategies for cardiac patients and provide practitioners with the latest guidance. The ‘dose’ of exercise training delivered to patients attending exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is an important consideration because an improvement in peak oxygen uptake requires an adequate physiological stimulus to invoke positive physiological adaptation. We conclude by critically reviewing the latest evidence regarding exercise dose for cardiac patients including the role of traditional and more contemporary training interventions including high intensity interval training.


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