Is exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis to re-examine the evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the contemporary effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in terms of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and hospital admissions.

Data sources

Studies included in or meeting the entry criteria for the 2016 Cochrane review of exercise-based CR in patients with coronary artery disease.

Study eligibility criteria

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of exercise-based CR versus a no-exercise control whose participants were recruited after the year 2000.

Study appraisal and synthesis methods

Two separate reviewers independently screened the characteristics of studies. One reviewer quality appraised any new studies and assessed their risk of bias using the Cochrane Collaboration's recommended risk of bias tool. Dat

SUBMITTER: Powell R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857699 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature