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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454437403321

Titolo

Cardiac rehabilitation : a guide to practice in the 21st century / / edited by Nanette K. Wenger. [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : M. Dekker, , 1999

ISBN

0-429-21326-3

0-585-10940-0

1-280-17688-1

9786610176885

0-203-91090-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (510 p.)

Collana

Fundamental and clinical cardiology ; ; . 38

Altri autori (Persone)

WengerNanette Kass

Disciplina

616.1203

Soggetti

Heart - Diseases - Patients

Heart - Diseases - Patients - Rehabilitation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Introduction; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Overview: Charting the Course for Cardiac Rehabilitation into the 21st Century; Benefits of Exercise Training; The National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference Statement on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health; Rehabilitation Considerations in Exercise Testing; Exercise Prescription; Assessment for Exercise Training: Contraindications, Risk Stratification, and Safety Issues; Components of Exercise Training; Life-Long Exercise: Counseling for Exercise Maintenance

Supervised Versus Unsupervised Exercise Training: Risks and BenefitsExercise Training in Special Populations: The Elderly; Exercise Training in Special Populations: Women; Exercise Training in Special Populations: Heart Failure and Post-Transplantation Patients; Exercise Training in Special Populations: Diabetes; Exercise Training in Special Populations: Obesity; Exercise Training in Special Populations: Valvular Heart Disease; Exercise Training in Special Populations: Pacemak

Sommario/riassunto

This work provides a scientific foundation for designing cardiac rehabilitation programmes to improve the functional abilities and



decrease the symptoms of patients with cardiovascular disease. It emphasizes multidisciplinary care and the individualization of cardiac rehabilitation services.