Telerehab III: A multi-center randomized, controlled trial investigating the long-term effectiveness of a comprehensive cardiac telerehabilitation program - Rationale and study design

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Frederix, Ines I ^a,b   Hansen, Dominique D ^a   Coninx, Karin K ^c   Vandervoort, Pieter P ^b,d   Craenenbroeck, Emeline M ^e   Vrints, Christiaan C ^e   Dendale, Paul P ^a,b  

^a JESSA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac telerehabilitation; Cardiovascular disease; Intervention trial; Telemonitoring and telecoaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING; TELEREHABILITATION; THERAPY EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; FITNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; SMOKING CESSATION;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNET; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEREHABILITATION;

EID: 84929307377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12872-015-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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