scholarly journals High-Intensity Track and Field Training in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Kennedy ◽  
Jenny Adams ◽  
Dunlei Cheng ◽  
Rafic F. Berbarie
1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yael Beniamini ◽  
Joel J. Rubenstein ◽  
Avery D. Faigenbaum ◽  
Alice H. Lichtenstein ◽  
Marilyn C. Crim

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
Mostafa Bahremand ◽  
Nahid Salehi ◽  
Alireza Rai ◽  
Mansour Rezaee ◽  
Ahmad Ali Raeisei

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation is known as a powerful non-pharmacological approach for improving functional capacity, and left ventricular systolic function; however, some limited data have suggested an attenuation of the decline in diastolic function with this program. This study investigated the effect of high intensity aerobic exercise following coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) on diastolic dysfunction.Materials and Methods: Forty four patients with different levels of diastolic dysfunction who underwent CABG surgery were included. The participants attended the complete cardiac rehabilitation program three times per week for two months (totally 24 sessions). The patients underwent complete transthoracic echocardiographic studies including two-dimensional and spectral Doppler echocardiography immediately before attending rehabilitation program and also after the completion of rehabilitation sessions.Results: There was a significant decrease of isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) after participating complete cardiac rehabilitation (94.0 to 89.0; P=0.001). The diastolic function parameters of early diastolic mitral inflow peak velocity to late diastolic mitral inflow peak velocity (E/A) ratio (0.94 to 1.04; P=0.001), deceleration time (DT) of the mitral E wave (192.7 to 219.0; P=0.011), and velocity of early diastolic mitral annular motion (Ea) (5.9 to 6.7; P=0.026) were improved after the rehabilitation, whereas mitral A duration to pulmonary A duration (MAD/PAD) ratio was slightly improved (1.07 to 1.12; P=0.056) and pulmonary veins systolic flow to pulmonary vein diastolic flow (PVS/PVD) ratio (0.89 to 1.04; P=0.345) remained unchanged.Conclusion: A complete cardiac rehabilitation program with high intensity aerobic exercise approach can reverse diastolic impairment in patients undergoing CABG.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Midence ◽  
Susan Holtzman ◽  
Donna E. Stewart ◽  
Adrienne Kovacs ◽  
Sherry L. Grace

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheeba Nadarajah ◽  
Susan Buchholz ◽  
Kristen Dickins

BACKGROUND Globally, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death. Cardiovascular mortality can be decreased by participation in cardiac rehabilitation. Researchers are exploring the use of mHealth technology in cardiac rehabilitation. OBJECTIVE The aim of this systematic review is to examine the effectiveness of randomized controlled trials that use a mHealth intervention as a part of an outpatient and/or home-based cardiac rehabilitation program on improving physical activity and physical fitness outcomes. METHODS For this systematic review, mHealth interventions were limited to text messaging, mobile apps, and use of a mobile phone network for data transmission, used to deliver cardiac rehabilitation program. Using six databases, the search strategy included published English language studies through 2016. Data was extracted independently by two reviewers, and then synthesized. RESULTS The initial search yielded 149 articles, of which 15 articles that represented nine studies met inclusion criteria. Articles were published from 2010 to 2016 and came from two continents. The majority (84%) of participants were male. Generally, the participant mean age was late 50s to early 60s. Text messaging was the most frequently used intervention. The results of the physical activity and physical fitness findings were mixed. Effect sizes for intervention as measured by the 6-minute walk test ranged from 0.46 to 0.58 and peak VO2 ranged from 0.03 to 1.35. CONCLUSIONS Globally, use of mHealth in outpatient and/or home-based cardiac rehabilitation is being studied with greater attention. However, these studies are limited by geography, gender, and age. Therefore, further research in the area of cardiac rehabilitation and mHealth is recommended, especially in developing countries, among women, and older adults.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Cabral ◽  
R Santos ◽  
F Januario ◽  
A Antunes ◽  
R Fonseca-Pinto

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has well known beneficial effects on physical capacity, health-related quality of life, morbidity and mortality following an acute cardiac event. It is also known that smoking status is a powerful predictor of recurrent cardiovascular disease events. However, it has been noted that smoker patients may be less likely to access or complete CR. The aim of this study was to determine the levels of anxiety and depression and its improvement, depending on the smoking status of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) on phase 2 of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program (CRP). Additionally, we intend to investigate the mental health impact on smoker patients" group in conventional CR versus telemonitored CR. A retrospective study was conducted and patients in CRP between 2017 and 2020 were included. Patient selection and information collection were obtained through medical records. The outcomes of anxiety and depression were evaluated through the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Patients were divided into two groups: group 1 for non-smokers or ex-smokers and group 2 for smokers. For group 2 patients, a sub-analysis was performed for patients following the conventional CR versus the telemonitored CR, with the use of MOVIDA mobile application. Variables were analysed in the beginning (T0) and in the end (T1) of phase 2, around 3 months after. Group comparisons tests and statistical analysis were performed using SPSS software v25.0. A p-value less than 0.05 is statistically significant.  We analysed 107 patients, which 93 of these were assiduous and 69 concluded the phase 2 of CRP: 39 patients in group 1 and 30 patients in group 2. Two groups have similar baseline characteristics, except for the higher presence of diabetes (p = 0.02) in group 1. It was noted an improvement in both anxiety and depression items for group 1 (p < 0.01 for both), but only for anxiety item for group 2 (p = 0.03). In subgroup analysis, we observed no improvement for smoking patients following the conventional CR for both anxiety and depression items (p = 0.60 and p = 0.71, respectably) versus a significant difference in telemonitored CR patients (p = 0.02 and p = 0.04). We hypothesise that, when compared to conventional CR, cardiac telemonitored exercise using modern communication methods may result in an improved mental health state among smoking patients, which can lead to a better adherence for CRP. Further studies including more patients and phase 3 of CRP are needed to confirm these results.


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