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Trial reportMedicine2020

Benefits and effectiveness of using a wrist heart rate monitor as a telerehabilitation device in cardiac patients: A randomized controlled trial.

Ladislav Batalik, Filip Dosbaba, Martin Hartman, Katerina Batalikova, Jindrich Spinar

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06614634 (Comparison of Center-Based and Tele Cardiac Rehabilitation on Functional Capacity, Quality of Life, and Fear of Activity in Coronary Artery Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06614634 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Comparison of Center-Based and Tele Cardiac Rehabilitation on Functional Capacity, Quality of Life, and Fear of Activity in Coronary Artery Disease: A Patient-Preferred, Controlled, Prospective Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorGazi UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled40ConditionsCoronary Artery Disease, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Telecardiac Rehabilitation, Aerobic ExerciseArmsRemotely supervised exercise at home or outdoors, Hospital-based exercise program, Cardiovascular risk modification, Phone calls with reinforcement feedback
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Benefits of Using Smartphones and Other Digital Methods in Achieving Better Cardiac Rehabilitation Goals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
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  17. The Safety of Telerehabilitation: Systematic Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ladislav BatalikDepartment of Rehabilitation.
Filip DosbabaDepartment of Rehabilitation.
Martin HartmanDepartment of Rehabilitation.
Katerina BatalikovaDepartment of Rehabilitation.
Jindrich SpinarDepartment of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, University Hospital Brno.
Masaryk University · CZUniversity Hospital Brno · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTelerehabilitation in cardiology has the potential to become the alternative to regular outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. Our study focuses on the wrist heart rate monitor as a telerehabilitation device, defines detected limitations, and compares results between home-based and regular outpatient rehabilitation methods, related to physical fitness, quality of life, and training adherence. The study design was a randomized controlled trial.

methodsEligible 56 cardiac rehabilitation patients were randomized into a 12-week regular outpatient training group (ROT) and interventional home-based telerehabilitation group (ITG). For both groups, the intensity of the training was prescribed to be performed at 70% to 80% of heart rate reserve for 60 minutes, 3 times a week. The ITG patients started their training with a wrist heart rate monitor in their home environment. These patients received feedback once a week, reflecting data uploaded on the internet application. The ROT patients performed their exercise under the direct supervision of a physical specialist in a regular outpatient clinic. Physical fitness and health-related quality of life were assessed at baseline and after 12 weeks. Training adherence in both groups was determined and compared.

resultsFifty-one patients comleted the intervention (91%); no serious adverse events were recorded. Physical fitness expressed as peak oxygen uptake showed significant improvement (P < .001) in ROT group from 23.4 ± 3.3 to 25.9 ± 4.1 mL/kg/min and (P < .01) in ITG group from 23.7 ± 4.1 to 26.5 ± 5.7 mL/kg/min without significant between-group differences after 12 weeks of intervention. The training adherence between groups was similar.

conclusionOur study shows that telerehabilitation via wrist heart rate monitor could become an alternative kind of cardiac rehabilitation which deserves attention and further analyzing.

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Patient ComplianceWristCardiac RehabilitationCardiovascular DiseasesFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicQuality of LifeTelerehabilitation

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PMID32176113
PMCPMC7440288
OpenAlexW3012285013

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