Bridging the gap between clinicians and fitness professionals: a challenge to implementing exercise as medicine.

Rachele PojednicAmy BanthamFred ArnsteinMary A KennedyEdward Phillips

Published in: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine (2018)

HC and PT are a significant implementation system for the promotion of physical activity, yet physicians are concerned with several elements of HC and are not adequately relying on this partnership to promote physical activity to their patients.

Keyphrases

physical activity
primary care
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
body mass index
quality improvement
prognostic factors
high intensity
depressive symptoms