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A Novel Digital Platform for a Monitored Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Published on: April 19, 2019
Effects of a contemporary, exercise-based rehabilitation and cardiovascular risk-reduction program on coronary
Barry Franklin1, Kimberly Bonzheim, JoAnne Warren
1Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology (Cardiac Rehabilitation), William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA. bfranklin@beaumont.edu
Abstract:
Phase II cardiac rehabilitation programs are associated with improvements in exercise tolerance, coronary risk factors, and psychosocial well-being. Nevertheless, previous reports have generally evaluated the global effectiveness of these programs (ie, on all subjects, collectively), which may serve to camouflage or attenuate the impact of these interventions on specific patient subsets. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of a contemporary, exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program that included a cardiovascular risk-reduction intervention, using a computerized database on 117 patients (average age, 66.5 years; 68% men; 96% white) who completed pre-phase II and post-phase II evaluations. Exercise training involved three 45- to 60-min sessions per week at minimum of 40 to 50% to a maximum of 75% oxygen uptake for 6 to 8 weeks. The effectiveness of the exercise training program was substantiated by significant (p
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