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[Physical exercise prescription in the cardiological setting]
Giampiero Patrizi1, Maurizio Casasco2, Fabrizio Oliva3
1Past President SIC Sport, U.O.C. Cardiologia-UTIC, Ospedale "B. Ramazzini", Carpi (MO).
Abstract:
The benefits of physical exercise are well established and universally recognized, but, at the same time, in our nation we are forced to face extremely annoying data about sedentary habits that directly correlate with the outbreak of many cardiovascular risk factors or with the worsening of pre-existing cardiovascular diseases. For these reasons, the Italian Society of Sports Cardiology (SIC Sport) and the Italian Federation of Sport Medicine (FMSI), in collaboration with the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC) and the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO), have decided to update the only previous edition, dating back to 2007, of the "Document on physical exercise prescription in a cardiological setting". Our aim is to provide physicians and other professional subjects directly involved (i.e. kinesiologists) with, at the same time, updated scientific knowledge and clear and precise indications in order to arrive to a really tailored prescription of "physical exercise-drug". The aim of this review is to summarize this new version and underline its innovations when compared to the previous edition.
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