Clinical benefits of additional resistance-type exercises during endurance-based exercise intervention in coronary artery disease patients. Hasselt University
Purpose: In the early rehabilitation of coronary artery disease (CAD) patients, resistance-type exercises are advocated in addition to endurance-type exercises. However, the clinical effects of these additional exercises remain to be explored. Methods: 55 CAD patients were included and randomly assigned to 6 weeks of endurance exercise training or combined endurance and resistance exercise training (mean 18 sessions). All subjects performed 3 ...