Effect of individualized combined exercise versus group-based maintenance exercise in patients with heart disease and reduced exercise capacity Universiteit Antwerpen
Purpose: To compare individualized endurance + resistance exercises (ICE) with a traditional cardiac maintenance program (CMP) on exercise performance in patients with cardiac disease and low exercise capacity. Methods: Patients eligible for cardiac rehabilitation with peak exercise capacity <6 metabolic equivalents (METs) were randomly allocated to once-weekly ICE or CMP for 6 mo. ICE used 60 min of individualized moderate endurance and ...