Rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an exercise program to improve the quality of life of patients with heart failure in primary care: The EFICAR study protocol

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zuazagoitia, Ana ^a   Grandes, Gonzalo ^a   Torcal, Jess ^a,b   Lekuona, Ĩaki ^c   Echevarria, Pilar ^d   Gámez, Manuel A ^e   Domingo, Mar ^f   De La Torre, Maria M ^g   Ramírez, Jose I ^h   Montoya, Imanol ^a   Oyanguren, Juana ^b   Pinilla, Ricardo Ortega Snchez ^i,j  

^a CAIBER   (Spain)

^b Basauri Ariz Health Centre   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^d Galdakao Health Centre   (Spain)

^e Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca IBSAL   (Spain)

^f C Agy Hlth Technol Assess Res   (Spain)

^g Primary Care Center Casa del Barco   (Spain)

^h IB SALUT   (Spain)

ⁱ SESCAM   (Spain)

^j NONE   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPAIN;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPAIN;

EID: 77949372120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-33     Document Type: Article

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