Medium-term effects of cardiac rehabilitation in Germany: Systematic review and meta-analysis of results from national and international trials

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-693

  Mittag, Oskar ^a   Schramm, Susanne ^b   Böhmen, Stephan ^c   Hüppe, Angelika ^b   Meyer, Thorsten ^b   Raspe, Heiner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c Neurological Rehabilitation Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; meta analysis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054862194     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826710389530     Document Type: Article

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