Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Keteyian, Steven J.; Piña, Ileana L.; Hibner, Brooks A.; Fleg, Jerome L.

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 30(2):67-76, March/April 2010.

doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181d0c1c1

Important questions regarding safety and clinical effectiveness of exercise training in patients with heart failure were studied. Results confirmed that exercise training is safe, improves health status and exercise capacity, and yields a modest reduction in clinical events; the magnitude of benefits is related to the volume of exercise completed.

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Blumenthal, James A.; Wang, Jenny T.; Babyak, Michael; Watkins, Lana; Kraus, William; Miller, Paula; Hinderliter, Alan; Sherwood, Andrew

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 30(2):77-84, March/April 2010.

doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181d0c1d3

Enhancing Standard Cardiac Rehabilitation with Stress Management Training in Patients with Heart Disease is a randomized clinical trial examining the added value of stress management training (SMT) in the context of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Participants undergo evaluations of stress and cardiovascular biomarkers. Results will have implications for including SMT within standard CR.

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Saval, Matthew A.; Kerrigan, Dennis J.; Ophaug, Kristin M.; Ehrman, Jonathan K.; Keteyian, Steven J.

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 30(2):106-110, March/April 2010.

doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181be7c6d

This investigation revealed that skeletal muscle endurance is significantly related to the V̇E/V̇CO2 slope in patients with heart failure (r = −0.68, P < .001), but not in normal subjects (r = −0.11, P = .83); this suggests that abnormalities of skeletal muscle endurance partially account for abnormalities of ventilatory efficiency.

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Sundararajan, L.; Balami, J.; Packham, S.

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 30(2):121-125, March/April 2010.

doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181be7c56

The role for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in elderly patients is not clear. Results here for elderly and younger patients attending PR indicate similar outcomes for physical function, dyspnea, and quality of life. Findings suggest that elderly patients should not be excluded from PR based on age alone.

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Kalra, Sanjay; Roitman, Jeffrey L.

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 30(2):137-140, March/April 2010.

doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181d6c875