Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and health-related quality of life in people with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and non-randomised trials.
Neil A SmartNicola KingJeffrey D LambertMelissa J PearsonJohn L CampbellSigne S RisomRod S TaylorPublished in: Open heart (2018)
Exercise capacity, cardiac function, symptom burden and health-related quality of life were improved with exercise-based CR in the short term (up to 6 months) targeted at patients with AF. However, high-quality multicentre randomised trials are needed to clarify the impact of exercise-based CR on key patient and health system outcomes (including health-related quality of life, mortality, hospitalisation and costs) and how these effects may vary across AF subtypes.
Keyphrases
- high intensity
- clinical trial
- atrial fibrillation
- physical activity
- open label
- double blind
- study protocol
- resistance training
- randomized controlled trial
- placebo controlled
- risk factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease
- case report
- skeletal muscle
- cancer therapy