This article provides an overview of current recommendations regarding cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after myocardial infarction and its clinical application. Evidence shows that exercise- based CR after cardiac events positively affects the extent of disability and level of quality of life, and has also important beneficial role in modifying morbidity and mortality. Cardiac rehabilitation is an ...

Exercise maintenance after supervised cardiac rehabilitation is important in maintaining both physical activity and physiological factors, such as peak and muscle strength (MS), associated with reduced mortality. However, there is no evidence of the effects of unsupervised exercise training and MS training on physical activity and physiological factors after supervised cardiac rehabilitation of...

Background: Anxiety and depression are the most common complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. Although patients may gain some physical and psychological benefit from cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac surgery, but some individuals and social aspects may change the cardiac rehabilitation procedure. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of short-term cardiac rehabi...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : supervised exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programs (crp) have been suggested to all patients, especially after myocardial infarction. however, the effects of cardiac rehabilitation on systolic function are controversial. the aim of this study was to examine the effects of an 8-week cardiac rehabilitatio...

OBJECTIVE To analyze a cardiac rehabilitation adapted protocol in physical therapy during the postoperative hospital phase of cardiac surgery in a service of high complexity, in aspects regarded to complications and mortality prevalence and hospitalization days. METHODS This is an observational cross-sectional, retrospective and analytical study performed by investigating 99 patients who unde...