Cardiac rehabilitation for elderly patient is a growing needs because as people age the prevalence of cardiovascular disease increase. A more vulnerable population is now present in cardiac rehabilitation because they are more likely to be frail. Frailty is considered highly prevalent and heterogeneous in its level of expression. Following hospitalization for an event such as acute coronary syn...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relations between demographic factors, specific psychosocial factors, and cardiac rehabilitation attendance. DESIGN Cohort, repeated measures design. SETTING A large tertiary care centre in western Canada PATIENTS 304 consecutive consenting patients discharged following acute myocardial infarction and/or coronary artery bypass graft surgery. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE...

BACKGROUND Traditional in-person cardiac rehabilitation has substantial benefits for cardiac patients, which are offset by poor attendance. The rapid increase in social media use in older adults provides an opportunity to reach patients who are eligible for cardiac rehabilitation but unable to attend traditional face-to-face groups. However, there is a paucity of research on cardiac patients' e...

This study was designed to measure the functional capacity of healthy subjects during strenuous simulated police tasks, with the goal of developing occupation-specific training for cardiac rehabilitation of police officers. A calibrated metabolic instrument and an oxygen consumption data collection mask were used to measure the oxygen consumption and heart rates of 30 Dallas Police Academy offi...