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Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 5 January 2016

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Summary

A Cochrane systematic review pooling randomised trials of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with coronary heart disease. It reports reductions in cardiovascular death and hospital admissions compared with no exercise control, and it is a cornerstone reference for rehabilitation services run by physiotherapists, nurses and other allied health staff.

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Authors

  • Lindsey AndersonUniversity of Exeter Medical School; Institute of Health Research; Veysey Building, Salmon Pool Lane Exeter UK EX2 4SG
  • David R ThompsonUniversity of Melbourne; Department of Psychiatry; St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia VIC 3000
  • Neil OldridgeAurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center; University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health and Aurora Cardiovascular Services; Milwaukee Wisconsin USA
  • Ann-Dorthe ZwislerCopenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet; Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre; Blegsdamsvej 9 Copenhagen Denmark 2100
  • Karen ReesWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick; Division of Health Sciences; Coventry UK CV4 7AL
  • Nicole MartinUniversity College London; Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research; 222 Euston Road London UK NW1 2DA
  • Rod S TaylorUniversity of Exeter Medical School; Institute of Health Research; Veysey Building, Salmon Pool Lane Exeter UK EX2 4SG; University of Southern Denmark; National Institute of Public Health; Copenhagen Denmark

Cite this work

Anderson L, Thompson DR, Oldridge N, Zwisler AD, Rees K, Martin N, et al. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001800.pub3

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