Why the study?
Does fast-track cardiac rehabilitation with fewer supervised sessions improve 6-minute walk test distance similarly to traditional cardiac rehabilitation in phase II CR patients?
Population
620 patients enrolled in a community phase II cardiac rehabilitation program from 2007 to 2010.
Comparison
Fast-track cardiac rehabilitation consisting of… vs Traditional cardiac rehabilitation consisting of…
Design
Cohort, Not randomized (patients elected or were assigned)
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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May support similar 6MWD gains with fast-track CR; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials before practice change.
Does fast-track cardiac rehabilitation with fewer supervised sessions improve 6-minute walk test distance similarly to traditional cardiac rehabilitation in phase II CR patients?
A fast-track cardiac rehabilitation model with once-weekly supervised exercise sessions provides similar functional improvements to a traditional twice-weekly model.
Bellet et al. (2015) studied this question.
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