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Cardiac rehabilitation in the elderly
Author(s)N Oldridge
Journal titleAging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 10, no 4, August 1998
Pagespp 273-283
KeywordsHeart disease ; Rehabilitation ; Preventative medicine ; United States of America.
AnnotationRehabilitation for patients with heart disease consists of exercise training, behavioural interventions, counselling and education, with the aim of improving physiological and psychosocial status. "Cardiac rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines" published in the US lists the most substantial benefits as an improvement in exercise tolerance, symptoms, blood lipid levels, and psychosocial well-being, and a reduction in cigarette smoking, stress and mortality. The evidence base in the Guidelines is derived from 1 non-randomised controlled trial and 7 observational studies - and based almost exclusively on young and middle-aged males. The authors have located 10 randomised and 2 non-randomised controlled trials published since the Guidelines, but only one provided age-specific data. Older people may be more responsive to the effects of cardiac rehabilitation, as they often have greater initial disability and less independence than younger people. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-981215214 A
ClassmarkCQH: LM: LK2: 7T

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