A 12‐week Exercise Intervention Among Older Adults With Chronic Coronary Syndrome: Changes and Associations of Movement Behaviors and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Why the study?
Physical activity is key to improving the prognosis of patients with chronic coronary syndrome, but the changes in movement behaviors and cardiovascular risk factors following an exercise intervention needed investigation.
Does a 12-week exercise intervention improve movement behaviors and cardiovascular risk factors in older adults with chronic coronary syndrome?
Population
35 CCS patients (mean 69.5 ± 6.4 years; 82.9% men)
Comparison
12-week group-based exercise intervention with two 1-h sessions per week
Design
Single-arm prospective study
Follow-up
12-month follow-up
Key result
A 12-week exercise intervention in chronic coronary syndrome patients yielded short-term improvements in light physical activity and cardiometabolic markers, but no long-term changes at 12 months.
Authors
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Short-term exercise gains in chronic coronary syndrome fade by 12 months; leaves open durability of lifestyle interventions in larger trials.
Does a 12-week exercise intervention improve movement behaviors and cardiovascular risk factors in older adults with chronic coronary syndrome?
A 12-week exercise intervention in patients with chronic coronary syndrome produced short-term improvements in physical activity and cardiometabolic markers that were not sustained at 12 months.
Ullrich et al. (2026) studied chronic coronary syndrome (n=35). 12-week exercise intervention was evaluated on Changes in movement behaviors, obesity markers, cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiometabolic risk, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. A 12-week exercise intervention in chronic coronary syndrome patients yielded short-term improvements in light physical activity and cardiometabolic markers, but no long-term changes at 12 months.