Efficacy of a home-based exercise program for orthotopic heart transplant recipients

Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-93

  Wu, Ying Tai ^a   Chien, Chen Lin ^a   Chou, Nai Kuan ^a,b   Wang, Shoei Shen ^a,b   Lai, Jin Shin ^a,b   Wu, Yen Wen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Heart transplantation; Home based exercise program; Physical performance; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; STANDING; SYMPTOM; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST SAVINGS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50849136796     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119695     Document Type: Article

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