TY - JOUR
T1 - Exercise Prescription and Progression Practices among US Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinics
AU - Krieger, Joesi
AU - McCann, Nicholas
AU - Bluhm, Markaela
AU - Zuhl, Micah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Background: Little is known about exercise prescription practices in cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand how initial exercise is prescribed and how exercise intensity is progressed among cardiac patients enrolled in United States CR programs. Methods: A 22-question survey was sent out to US CR clinics. Results: Ninety-three clinics responded to the survey. RPE was the most commonly reported exercise intensity indicator used for prescribing exercise, followed by resting HR + 20–30 bpm. Exercise progression practices were also based on patient sustained RPE values. Conclusions. Exercise prescription practice has become reliant on subjective indicators of exercise intensity. This may limit patient outcomes, such as improvement in functional measures.
AB - Background: Little is known about exercise prescription practices in cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand how initial exercise is prescribed and how exercise intensity is progressed among cardiac patients enrolled in United States CR programs. Methods: A 22-question survey was sent out to US CR clinics. Results: Ninety-three clinics responded to the survey. RPE was the most commonly reported exercise intensity indicator used for prescribing exercise, followed by resting HR + 20–30 bpm. Exercise progression practices were also based on patient sustained RPE values. Conclusions. Exercise prescription practice has become reliant on subjective indicators of exercise intensity. This may limit patient outcomes, such as improvement in functional measures.
KW - Cardiac rehabilitation
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Exercise prescription
KW - Rating of perceived exertion
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U2 - 10.3390/clinpract12020023
DO - 10.3390/clinpract12020023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147490603
SN - 2039-7283
VL - 12
SP - 194
EP - 203
JO - Clinics and Practice
JF - Clinics and Practice
IS - 2
ER -