Opening book details…
Can I read Effects of a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life and exercise tolerance in women: A retrospective analysis on EtoBox?
Effects of a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life and exercise tolerance in women: A retrospective analysis by Michael D Kennedy; Mark Haykowsky; Bill Daub; Karen van Lohuizen; Grant Knapik; Bill Black is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Effects of a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life and exercise tolerance in women: A retrospective analysis about?
BACKGROUND: Currently, there are a lack of investigations that have examined the effect of participating in a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life and physiological measures in women of different ages. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effect of participating in a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life, exercise tolerance, blood pressure and lipids in women between 33 and 82 years of age. METHODS: The 126 women participated in a 14-week cardiac rehabilitation program that consisted of 7 weeks of formal supervised exercise training and 7 weeks of unsupervised exercise and lifestyle modification. Physiologic and quality of life outcome measures obtained at the outset and after 14 weeks included: 1) exercise treadmill time; 2) resting and peak systolic and diastolic blood pressure; 3) total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and Triglycerides; 4) Cardiac Quality of Life Index questionnaire. RESULTS: Significant improvements were found in the following quality of life measures after participating in the cardiac rehabilitation program: physical well being, psychosoc
Who reads Effects of a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life and exercise tolerance in women: A retrospective analysis?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Michael D Kennedy; Mark Haykowsky; Bill Daub; Karen van Lohuizen; Grant Knapik; Bill Black
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); Current Controlled Trials Ltd.; [London]: BioMed Central, 2006-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1468-6708)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)