Long-term changes in exercise capacity, quality of life, body anthropometry, and lipid profiles after a cardiac rehabilitation program in obese patients with coronary heart disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-325

  Yu, Cheuk Man ^a,b   Li, Leonard Sheung Wai ^a,b   Ho, H H ^a,b   Lau, Chu Pak ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STANDARD; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0037309180     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03159-4     Document Type: Article

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