August 31, 2009Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Home-based exercise rehabilitation with telemedicine following cardiac surgery

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Why the study?

Does a one-month home-based exercise rehabilitation programme with telemedicine improve functional capacity in patients following cardiac surgery?

Population

47 patients who underwent cardiac surgery (EuroSCORE 0-10)

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

1 month

Authors

SSSimonetta ScalviniIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri EZEmanuela ZanelliIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri LCLaura CominiIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri

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Implication

Hypothesis-generating for post-cardiac surgery telemedicine rehab; randomized trials needed before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does a one-month home-based exercise rehabilitation programme with telemedicine improve functional capacity in patients following cardiac surgery?

Population

47 patients who underwent cardiac surgery (EuroSCORE 0-10)

Intervention

One-month home rehabilitation programme supervised by a nurse-tutor and a physiotherapist, including calisthenic exercises, bicycle-ergometer tests, and ECG transmission by telephone to a service centre

Outcome

Feasibility (number of telephone calls and exercise sessions) and 6-minute walking test distance at the end of the one-month programmesurrogate

A one-month home-based exercise rehabilitation program with telemedicine is feasible and significantly improves 6-minute walking distance in patients following cardiac surgery.

Cite This Study

Scalvini et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f908a2badbc352afe5988 https://doi.org/10.1258/jtt.2009.090208

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Home-based exercise rehabilitation with telemedicine following cardiac surgery

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Cite This Study

Home-based exercise rehabilitation with telemedicine following cardiac surgery

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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