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Frequency, intensity and duration of routine rehabilitation exercises practiced by patients with coronary artery
Dania Mubashar1, Arooj Fatima2
1Department of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, Raiwind Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
Objective:
To determine the frequency, intensity and duration of routine rehabilitation exercises practiced by patients with coronary artery disease.
Methods:
The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from February to June 2019 in different hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan, and comprised coronary artery disease patients of either gender aged 35-65 years. Data was collected using an interview-based questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS 25.
Results:
Of the 186 subjects, 105(56.5%) were males and 81(43.5%) were females. Overall, 72(38.7%) subjects were aged 52-62 years. Of the total, 117(62.9%) subjects practiced brisk walking as their routine rehabilitation exercise; 57(48.7%) doing it 3 times per week. All of these 117(100%) subjects practiced it for 10-20 minutes.
Conclusions:
Brisk walking was mostly practiced by coronary artery disease patients for 10-20 minutes 3 times per week.
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