Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Time of COVID-19
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4109
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cardiovascular health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic will most likely influence the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) services worldwide. As the virus is novel, little data are available on the impact of the virus and the related pandemic.
Secondary prevention through cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a key component of the ongoing care of these patients immediately following their discharge from hospital. Today, CR is widely accepted as a program that provides proven health benefits for the long-term management of cardiac conditions. CR programs offer a cost-effective, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive approach to addressing risk factors and restoring individuals to their optimal physiological, psychosocial, nutritional, and functional status, thereby reducing morbidity and mortality and improving health and wellness.
For this Special Issue, we will more closely examine the recent worldwide innovations and advancements in cardiac rehabilitation in the time of COVID-19. Moreover, we will also address best practices from across the global community, establishing key examples and/or predictors of success in cardiac rehabilitation settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this Special Issue, we will also point out the most relevant evidence on health and wellness benefits associated with cardiac rehabilitation, and the key predictors of success.
Prof. Dr. Patrick Doherty
Dr. Ahmad Salman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- COVID-19
- Alternative models of exercise-based CR
- Prescription of exercise Health technologies
- Patient outcome measures
- Quality of life
- Lifestyle intervention
- Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases
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