Aerobic exercise intensity assessment and prescription in cardiac rehabilitation: A joint position statement of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 442-467

  Mezzani, Alessandro ^a   Hamm, Larry F ^b   Jones, Andrew M ^c   McBride, Patrick E ^d   Moholdt, Trine ^e   Stone, James A ^f   Urhausen, Axel ^g   Williams, Mark A ^h  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^h CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic training; cardiac rehabilitation; energy expenditure; peak VO2; ventilatory thresholds

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PACEMAKER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TRAINING; VALVULOPLASTY; CANADA; CONVALESCENCE; EUROPE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARDS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; EUROPE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877988432     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312460484     Document Type: Article

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