Aims, design and enrollment rate of the cardiac rehabilitation in advanced age (CR-AGE) randomized, controlled trial

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 368-376

  Fattirolli, F ^a   Cartei, A ^a   Burgisser, C ^a   Mottino, G ^a   Del Lungo, F ^a   Oldridge, N ^b   Fumagalli, S ^a   Ferrucci, L ^c   Masotti, G ^a   Marchionni, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiac rehabilitation; Exercise; Ischemic heart disease; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0032426918     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339883     Document Type: Article

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