Why the study?
Does a 6-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program improve exercise capacity similarly in coronary heart disease patients with and without type 2 diabetes?
Population
1,027 coronary heart disease patients, including 413 with type 2 diabetes mellitus and 614 nondiabetic…
Comparison
6-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation… vs The same 6-week multidisciplinary cardiac…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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A 6-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program yields similar relative improvements in exercise capacity for coronary heart disease patients with and without type 2 diabetes, despite diabetic patients having lower baseline capacity.
Does a 6-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program improve exercise capacity similarly in coronary heart disease patients with and without type 2 diabetes?
A 6-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program yields similar relative improvements in exercise capacity for coronary heart disease patients with and without type 2 diabetes, despite diabetic patients having lower baseline capacity.
Mourot et al. (2010) studied this question.
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