Cardiorespiratory fitness changes in patients receiving comprehensive outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in the UK: A multicentre study

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 785-790

  Sandercock, Gavin R H ^a   Cardoso, Fernando ^a   Almodhy, Meshal ^a   Pepera, Garyfallia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b TEI of Lamia ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FITNESS; FUNCTION TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALKING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877589155     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303055     Document Type: Article

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