June 1, 1990Sports medicine, training, and rehabilitation/Sports medicine, training and rehabilitation
Influence of age, time since infarction and angina upon the cardiovascular response to physical training
Why the study?
Does intensive endurance training improve cardiovascular responses in post-myocardial infarction patients regardless of age, time since infarction, and angina?
Population
35 patients seen 2 to 12 months after a well-defined myocardial infarction
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
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Implication
Endurance training was associated with uniform cardiovascular improvements in post-MI patients; challenges prior assumptions of variability by age or angina but leaves open causal inference.
Structured PICO
Does intensive endurance training improve cardiovascular responses in post-myocardial infarction patients regardless of age, time since infarction, and angina?
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Population
35 patients seen 2 to 12 months after a well-defined myocardial infarction
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Intervention
Intensive endurance training for 1 year
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Outcome
Cardiovascular responses (stroke volume, heart rate, predicted maximal oxygen intake) evaluated by a progressive submaximal cycle ergometer testsurrogate
Intensive endurance training uniformly improves cardiovascular physiological parameters in post-myocardial infarction patients, independent of age, time since infarction, or presence of angina.
Cite This Study
Paterson et al. (1990) studied this question.