Is brisk walking an adequate aerobic training stimulus for cardiac patients?

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1852-1856

  Quell, Kristen J ^a   Porcari, John P ^b   Franklin, Barry A ^a   Foster, Carl ^b   Andreuzzi, Richard A ^a   Anthony, Ryan M ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Brisk walking; Cardiac rehabilitation; Fitness; Threshold exercise intensity; Training heart rate

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TELEMETRY; TRAINING; WALKING;

EID: 0036434926     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.5.1852     Document Type: Article

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