Sitting patterns in cardiovascular disease patients compared with healthy controls and impact of cardiac rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify how and when to intervene in cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients' sedentary behavior, we moved beyond studying total volume of sitting and examined sitting patterns. By analyzing the timing of stand-to-sit and sit-to-stand transitions, we compared sitting patterns (a) between CVD patients and healthy controls, and (b) before and after cardiac rehabilitation (CR).

Methods

One hundered twenty nine CVD patients and 117 age-matched healthy controls continuously wore a tri-axial thigh-worn accelerometer for 8 days (>120 000 posture transitions). CVD patients additionally wore the accelerometer directly and 2 months after CR.

Results

With later time of the day, both CVD patients and healthy controls sat down sooner (i.e., shorter standing episode befor

SUBMITTER: Ten Broeke P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796723 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature