Remotely Delivered Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise for Coronary Heart Disease: Nonrandomized Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is recommended for coronary heart disease (CHD). However, poor uptake of and poor adherence to CR exercise programs have been reported globally. Delivering CR exercise classes remotely may remove some of the barriers associated with traditional hospital- or center-based CR.

Objective

We have developed a bespoke platform, Eastern Corridor Medical Engineering Centre-Cardiac Rehabilitation (ECME-CR), to support remotely delivered CR exercise. This pilot trial sought to test the ECME-CR platform and examine the efficacy and feasibility of a remote CR exercise program compared to a traditional center-based program.

Methods

In all, 21 participants with CHD were recruited and assigned to either the intervention or control

SUBMITTER: Giggins OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9960022 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature