ArticleNetherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation2026
A cardiac-rehab home-based mHealth program to improve physical activity in patients with coronary artery disease: a randomized controlled trial.
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- Effect of Combined Aerobic and Resistance Training on Exercise Capacity, Muscle Strength, Quality of Life, and Mortality in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Technology and evidence in daily cardiovascular practice.Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2026Article
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purposeContemporary cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has a moderate effect on physical activity (PA), whereas novel technologies offer promise for enhancing PA levels. Therefore, we assessed the effect of a home-based smartphone training program in addition to center-based CR on PA levels in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
methodsCAD patients participating in CR were included in this randomized controlled trial (1:1, stratified for index diagnosis). The control group received usual care CR, whereas the intervention group additionally received a 6-week remote smartphone program. The primary outcome was the change in accelerometer-derived moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) from baseline to post-CR. Secondary outcomes included changes in light intensity PA, step count, sedentary time, functional parameters, quality of life, and cardiac anxiety. A baseline-adjusted linear mixed model was used.
resultsParticipants (16% female, intervention n = 44, control n = 49) were 63 [56-69] years old and had a baseline MVPA of 1.0 (95% Confidence interval (CI): 0.9; 1.1) h/day. Changes in MVPA did not differ between the intervention (0.1 (95% CI: -0.0; 0.2) h/day) and control group post-CR (0.1 (95% CI: -0.0; 0.2) h/day, p
conclusionsA smartphone training program on top of the usual CR did not yield additional benefits. A more elaborate mHealth intervention seems needed to change PA during CR in active patients with CAD.
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