Cardiovascular telerehabilitation increased VO2max to a greater extent than presential rehabilitation (MD 1.08 ml/kg/min; 95% CI 0.39-1.76; p=0.002) in older adults.
Meta-Analysis
Does cardiovascular telerehabilitation improve functional capacity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life in older adults compared to presential rehabilitation?
Cardiovascular telerehabilitation is an effective alternative to face-to-face programs, improving functional capacity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life in older adults.
Mean Difference: 1.08 (95% CI 0.39–1.76)
p-value: p=0.002
Introduction The aim was to identify whether cardiovascular telerehabilitation programs (CV-T-REHAB) can improve functional capacity, cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life (QoL) to the same extent of presential rehabilitation (CV-P-REHAB) in older adults, by meta-analysis of previous studies. Methods Literature search was conducted in October 2020 in four databases to select controlled trials of CV-T-REHAB effects on functional capacity (six-minute walk test 6MWT), cardiorespiratory fitness (maximal oxygen consumption [Formula: see textO 2max ]), and QoL in older adults (> 50 years) and included new articles in April 2022. Results CV-T-REHAB improved 6MWT (11.14 m CI95% = 8.03; 14.26, p 65 years, but not in adults 65 years. Thus, CV-T-REHAB can be a good alternative, when not the best option and might be considered especially for individuals with limited access to participate in face-to-face programs.
Nacarato et al. (Mon,) conducted a meta-analysis in Cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular telerehabilitation (CV-T-REHAB) vs. Presential rehabilitation (CV-P-REHAB) was evaluated on Cardiorespiratory fitness (maximal oxygen consumption [VO2max]) (MD 1.08 ml/kg/min, 95% CI 0.39-1.76, p=0.002). Cardiovascular telerehabilitation increased VO2max to a greater extent than presential rehabilitation (MD 1.08 ml/kg/min; 95% CI 0.39-1.76; p=0.002) in older adults.