Exercise training in recently hospitalized heart failure patients enrolled in a disease management programme: Design of the EJECTION-HF randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1370-1375

  Mudge, Alison M ^a,b   Denaro, Charles P ^a,b   Scott, Adam C ^a,c   Atherton, John J ^a,b   Meyers, Deborah E ^d   Marwick, Thomas H ^e   Adsett, Julie A ^a   Mullins, Robert W ^a   Suna, Jessica M ^a,c   Scuffham, Paul A ^f   Orourke, Peter K ^g  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Disease management; Exercise training; Heart failure; Patient readmission

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TRAINING PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SELF CARE; SLEEP PATTERN; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855168279     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr139     Document Type: Article

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