García Palmieri MR

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 198-201
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ABSTRACT

Although the majority of cardiac disorders occur in patients ≥65 years of age most of the studies on cardiac rehabilitation have traditionally focused on younger patients. It is just in the last few years that elderly population has received more attention. A summary of the data available concerning cardiac rehabilitation in adults 65 years of age or older including pertinent literature is presented. Cardiac rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary program of education and exercise designed to develop and maintain a desirable level of physical, social and psychological function with improvement in the functional capacity, decrease in cardiac events, and improvement in the quality of life. It includes risk stratification and an exercise program. It should be accompanied by secondary preventive measures for CHD risk factors. The highlights on the history, secondary prevention, indications and contraindications, types of exercise, aerobic exercise, resistance exercise, exercise prescription, risk stratification and psychosocial aspects are presented. Last decade data documents safety and efficacy of exercise training programs in older CHD patients revealing similar relative training benefit as shown by younger patients.

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