Why the study?
Does a 1-month concentrated residential rehabilitation program improve long-term exercise capacity and physical activity patterns in post-myocardial infarction or post-coronary artery bypass surgery patients?
Population
78 patients post-myocardial infarction or post-coronary artery bypass surgery in Switzerland, mean age 56 ±…
Comparison
1-month concentrated residential rehabilitation… vs Pre-rehabilitation baseline and adulthood prior…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2 years
Key result
Two years after a 1-month residential rehabilitation program, patients maintained a 34% higher mean exercise capacity compared to baseline (P<0.01).
Authors
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Exercise capacity gains from residential rehab persist at 2 years with higher activity levels; leaves open whether lipid worsening offsets benefits in observational cohorts.
Cohort (n=78)
No
Does a 1-month concentrated residential rehabilitation program improve long-term exercise capacity and physical activity patterns in post-myocardial infarction or post-coronary artery bypass surgery patients?
p-value: p=<.01
A 1-month concentrated residential cardiac rehabilitation program leads to sustained improvements in exercise capacity and physical activity levels at 2 years post-intervention in post-MI and post-CABG patients.
Boesch et al. (2005) conducted a cohort in Post-myocardial infarction and post-coronary artery bypass surgery (n=78). Concentrated residential rehabilitation program vs. Baseline / Pre-event adulthood was evaluated on Exercise capacity (p=<.01). Two years after a 1-month residential rehabilitation program, patients maintained a 34% higher mean exercise capacity compared to baseline (P<0.01).