Key result
Cardiac rehabilitation linked to a 0.9 MET increase in functional capacity without safety concerns.
Why the study?
Exercise tolerance testing is a valuable tool for patient assessment before cardiac rehabilitation, but its safety and practicality for exercise prescription and outcome data collection require evaluation.
Does cardiac rehabilitation with exercise tolerance testing improve functional capacity and rate of perceived exertion in patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program?
Population
103 subjects in a cardiac rehabilitation program (65 men, mean age 60.5 years; 38 women, mean age 62.4 years)
Comparison
Exercise tolerance test before and after cardiac rehabilitation
Design
Observational study
Authors
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Supports safety and functional gains with cardiac rehab exercise testing; hypothesis-generating, needs randomized confirmation.
Observational (n=103)
Does cardiac rehabilitation with exercise tolerance testing improve functional capacity and rate of perceived exertion in patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program?
Mean Difference: 0.9
p-value: p=< 0.0001
Exercise tolerance testing in a cardiac rehabilitation setting is safe and demonstrates significant improvements in functional capacity following rehabilitation.
Simms et al. (2007) conducted an observational in Cardiac rehabilitation (n=103). Cardiac rehabilitation vs. Pre-rehabilitation baseline was evaluated on Maximum metabolic equivalents (MD 0.9, p=< 0.0001). Cardiac rehabilitation significantly improved maximum metabolic equivalents by 0.9 (P < 0.0001), and the exercise testing protocol was shown to be safe.
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