Recommendations for resistance exercise in cardiac rehabilitation. Recommendations of the German Federation for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-361

  Bjarnason Wehrens, B ^a   Mayer Berger, W ^b   Meister, E R ^c   Baum, K ^d   Hambrecht, R ^e   Gielen, S ^e  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Klinik Roderbirken   (Germany)

^c Herzkreislauf Klinik Bad Berleburg   (Germany)

^d Dr Baum Institute   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac rehabilitation; coronary artery disease (CAD); exercise training; heart failure; heart transplant recipients; resistance training

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE MASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STRATIFICATION; TRAINING;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 4344712330     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000137692.36013.27     Document Type: Article

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