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UrduOlder adults who live in disadvantaged communities are less likely to attend cardiac rehabilitation (only 26%) after coronary revascularization, a study finds. Researchers say there is a critical need to address socioeconomic barriers that prevent so many patients from attending.
Tag: Cardiac Rehabilitation
Tailored text messages not enough to improve mobility after heart issues
A mobile health intervention using tailored text messages did not improve long-term physical activity levels for patients using smartwatches who enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation.
Hackensack University Medical Center Presents 20th Annual Cardiac Rehabilitation Persons of the Year Awards
Hackensack University Medical Center, celebrated the 20th anniversary of its annual “Cardiac Rehab Persons of the Year” awards.
Dr. Chip Lavie available to discuss the importance of Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (Feb. 12-18)
One of the most vital organs for living is the heart. Heart disease is also the number one cause of death for both men and women. For anyone suffering from heart disease, cardiac rehabilitation can be a gamechanger for health…
Rush University Medical Center, Select Medical Break Ground on New Rehabilitation Hospital
The combined critical illness recovery and inpatient rehabilitation hospital is being built on the RUSH University Medical Center campus. The hospital is slated to open in 2024 and will feature 44 critical illness recovery and 56 inpatient rehabilitation beds.
Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Physicians Present Groundbreaking Stroke Research at International Conference
Dr. Cuccurullo and Dr. Fleming outlined the on-going JFK Johnson Stroke-HEARTTM Trials that showed how a Stroke Recovery Program that includes medically supervised exercise, prescribed therapy, and physician follow up can reduce the chances that survivors of serious stroke will die within the year by 76 percent.
For Cardiac Rehab Patients, In-Home Portable Air Cleaners Lower Fine-Particle Pollutant Exposure
Using an in-home portable air cleaner (PAC) can significantly reduce exposure to fine-particle air pollutants – a major risk factor for cardiovascular events in people with pre-existing heart disease, reports a pilot study in the July issue of Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Six ways home-based cardiac rehab keeps patients safe, healthy during COVID-19
COVID-19 presents evolving challenges to health care, in part because it is a new viral disease. People do not have natural immunity and a vaccine hasn’t yet been developed.Patients with heart disease are at increased risk of cardiac-related complications and death, and are more likely to develop severe complications from COVID-19.
Dominant Leg Has More Power during Exercise than Non-dominant Leg
A new study confirms important differences in dominant- versus non-dominant-leg oxygen usage and power output during single-leg exercise. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.