Exercise training is a major, and the most important, component of cardiac rehabilitation. Besides providing psychological benefits and promoting a "sense of well being," it elicits a number of adaptations in patients with ischemic heart disease. Among the clinically important adaptations are changes in the trained skeletal muscles and autonomic nervous system, resulting not only in increased m...

If skill in diagnosis singled out the physicians of the earlier part of the twentieth century, then the lure of drug therapy has surely been the main preoccupation of the doctors of today. But are either of these disciplines sufficient ? Labelling a disease and handing out a bottle will not necessarily cure a sick man. The whole process to complete recovery, known by the rather unattractive ter...

BACKGROUND In order to improve attendance at exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a greater insight into patients' perspectives is necessary. The aim of the study was to explore aspects that influence patients' attendance at exercise-based CR after acute coronary artery disease (CAD) and the role of the physiotherapist in patients' attendance at exercise-based CR. METHODS A total of 16...

Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have a risk of postoperative complications that result in prolonged hospitalization and even death. Interventions the form phase I cardiac rehabilitation are needed to help speed up recovery process prevent after CABG. Although lot research has been carried out, it is necessary conduct further studies articles regarding interventions ca...