Barriers to cardiac rehabilitation: Does age make a difference?

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Grace, Sherry L ^a,c,d   Shanmugasegaram, Shamila ^a   Gravely Witte, Shannon ^a   Brual, Janette ^b   Suskin, Neville ^e   Stewart, Donna E ^c,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Barriers; Cardiac rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649962665     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181a3333c     Document Type: Article

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