TY - JOUR T1 - Importance of exercise training session duration in the rehabilitation of coronary artery disease patients. AU - Hansen,Dominique, AU - Dendale,Paul, AU - Berger,Jan, AU - Onkelinx,Steven, AU - Reyckers,Ilse, AU - Hermans,Annelies, AU - Vaes,Johan, AU - Reenaers,Veerle, AU - Meeusen,Romain, PY - 2008/8/5/pubmed PY - 2008/11/5/medline PY - 2008/8/5/entrez SP - 453 EP - 9 JF - European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology JO - Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil VL - 15 IS - 4 N2 - BACKGROUND: In cardiac rehabilitation, 40-60-min exercise training sessions are advised. However, because of the increasing coronary artery disease (CAD) prevalence and higher workload for cardiac rehabilitation centres, it remains unclear whether 40-min exercise training sessions are equally effective as 60-min exercise training sessions. DESIGN: Prospective randomized clinical trial. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-four CAD patients were included in a 7-week rehabilitation programme. All patients exercised 3 days per week, at a heart rate corresponding to 65% of baseline peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak). Patients were randomized in two groups: 40 versus 60-min exercise training sessions. Changes of body anthropometrics, resting haemodynamics, exercise capacity and ventilatory threshold, blood plasma lipid profile and C-reactive protein level were assessed. RESULTS: As a result of rehabilitation, exercise capacity, ventilatory threshold, and blood plasma lipid profile improved significantly in the total population (P<0.05), without differences between subgroups (P>0.05). Body weight and waist circumference decreased significantly in total population (P<0.01), but with a greater magnitude in the 40 versus 60-min exercise session group (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In the early rehabilitation of CAD patients, 40-min exercise training sessions seem to be at least as effective for improving body anthropometrics, blood plasma lipid profile and exercise capacity, as compared with 60-min exercise training sessions. SN - 1741-8267 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18677171/Importance_of_exercise_training_session_duration_in_the_rehabilitation_of_coronary_artery_disease_patients_ L2 - http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&amp;PAGE=linkout&amp;SEARCH=18677171.ui DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -