ArticleCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy2013
A pedometer-based physical activity intervention for patients entering a maintenance cardiac rehabilitation program: a pilot study.
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- Effectiveness of eHealth Interventions on Moderate-to-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity Among Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Can consumer wearable activity tracker-based interventions improve physical activity and cardiometabolic health in patients with chronic diseases? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
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- Effect of a 6-month pedometer-based walking intervention on functional capacity in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced (HFrEF) and with preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction: study protocol for two multicenter randomized controlled trials.Journal of translational medicine · 2017Trial
- Long-Term Outcomes of Digital Cardiac Rehabilitation.JACC. Asia · 2025Review
- Benefits of wearable-based cardiac rehabilitation interventions in secondary prevention of coronary artery disease - a systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
- Unraveling the complexity of the impact of physical exercise on male reproductive functions: a review of both sides of a coin.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- Comparison of Different Physical Activity Measures in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: A Prospective Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Systematic Review of Interventions Designed to Maintain or Increase Physical Activity Post-Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II.Rehabilitation process and outcome · 2020Review
- Use of accelerometer-based activity monitoring in orthopaedics: benefits, impact and practical considerations.EFORT open reviews · 2019Review
- Walking activity during ambulant cardiac rehabilitation is related to maximum working capacity, age, and smoking behavior.Vascular health and risk management · 2018Article
- AerobicWorld journal of cardiology · 2017Review
- Harnessing the Potential of Wearable Activity Trackers for Heart Failure Self-Care.Current heart failure reports · 2017Review
- Do wearable activity trackers have a place in pharmacies?Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPC · 2015Article
- Correlates of objectively measured physical activity in cardiac patients.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the effects of an individualized pedometer-driven physical activity (PA) intervention with the usual time-based PA recommendations given to patients entering a maintenance cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program.
methodsA total of 18 subjects entering a maintenance CR program were recruited and completed the study. Subjects were randomized into pedometer feedback [PF: n=10 (2 women), 53.3±8.1 yrs] and usual care [UC: n=8 (2 women), 59.4±9.9 yrs] groups. New Lifestyles NL-1000 pedometers were used to monitor ambulatory PA. Subjects in both groups participated in the same maintenance CR program for a total of 8 weeks and all were encouraged to obtain a minimum of 30-40 min/d of moderate-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA), on days they did not attend CR. Subjects in the PF group were given individualized daily stepcount goals (increase 10% of baseline steps/d each week) for weeks 2-8. Ambulatory PA was measured with pedometers, recording both total number of steps/d and min/d of MVPA. Measures were obtained during the first week of the maintenance CR program and during the 8th week. Data were also compared between days subjects attended and on days they did not attend.
resultsBy the 8th week of CR, PF subjects increased daily stepcounts by 42% (2,297±1,606 steps/d, P=0.001), with a 36% increase on CR days (2,654±2,089 steps/d, P=0.003) and a 45% increase on days they did not attend CR (1,872±2,026 steps/d, P=0.017). There were no changes observed in the UC group.
conclusionsProviding pedometers with individualized stepcount goals to patients entering a CR program was superior to the usual time-based PA recommendations for increasing PA.
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