Feasibility of telerehabilitation for heart failure patients inaccessible for outpatient rehabilitation.
Kari Margrethe LundgrenKnut Asbjørn Rise LangloØyvind SalvesenPaolo ZanaboniElisa CittantiRune MoØyvind EllingsenHåvard DalenInger-Lise Aamot AksetøyPublished in: ESC heart failure (2023)
Home-based telerehabilitation was feasible in chronic heart failure patients inaccessible for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. Most participants were adherent when given more time and felt safe exercising at home under supervision, and no adverse events occurred. The trial suggests that telerehabilitation can increase the use of cardiac rehabilitation, but the clinical benefit of telerehabilitation must be evaluated in larger trials.