Physical activity enjoyment, exercise motivation, and physical activity in patients with heart failure: A mediation analysis.

Leonie Klompstra Pallav DekaLuis AlmenarDola PathakElena Muñoz-GómezRaquel López-VilellaElena Marques-Sule

Published in: Clinical rehabilitation (2022)

Physical activity enjoyment mediates the relationship between exercise motivation and physical activity in patients with heart failure. This means that even highly motivated heart failure patients may not be physically active if they do not enjoy the physical activity.

Keyphrases

physical activity
body mass index
high intensity
resistance training
ejection fraction