Key result
The CREMA therapist-driven protocol was feasible and safe, with minor side effects in 11.2% of patients, and improved functional outcomes across heart and lung disease groups.
Why the study?
Therapist driven protocols may help tailor rehabilitation programs, but the feasibility, safety, and clinical usefulness of such a protocol for exercise training in heart or lung diseases needed evaluation.
Does a therapist-driven rehabilitation protocol (CREMA) improve functional capacity and safety in outpatients with chronic heart and lung diseases?
Observational (n=620)
Does a therapist-driven rehabilitation protocol (CREMA) improve functional capacity and safety in outpatients with chronic heart and lung diseases?
A therapist-driven rehabilitation protocol is feasible, safe, and effective for tailoring exercise prescriptions and improving functional capacity in patients with chronic heart and lung diseases.
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May support therapist-driven protocols in cardiopulmonary rehab; leaves open efficacy confirmation in randomized trials.
Simonelli et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Chronic heart and lung diseases (n=620). Cardio-Respiratory Exercise Maugeri Algorithm (CREMA) therapist driven protocol was evaluated on Feasibility, safety, and clinical usefulness. The CREMA therapist-driven protocol was feasible and safe, with minor side effects in 11.2% of patients, and improved functional outcomes across heart and lung disease groups.
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