2014

Authors

Ralph Maddison, Jonathan C Rawstorn, Anna Rolleston, Robyn Whittaker, Ralph Stewart, Jocelyne Benatar, Ian Warren, Yannan Jiang & Nicholas Gant

Abstract

Exercise is an essential component of contemporary cardiac rehabilitation programs for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Despite the benefits associated with regular exercise, adherence with supervised exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation remains low. Increasingly powerful mobile technologies, such as smartphones and wireless physiological sensors, may extend the capability of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation by enabling real-time exercise monitoring for those with coronary heart disease. This study compares the effectiveness of technology-assisted, home-based, remote monitored exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (REMOTE) to standard supervised exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in New Zealand adults with a diagnosis of coronary heart disease.
 

Publication Link

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1236