Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 7-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

A CONTROLLED PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ENDURANCE TRAINING ON THE RECURRENCE RATE OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

A CONTROLLED PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ENDURANCE TRAINING ON THE RECURRENCE RATE OF... Rechnitzer, P. A. (Suite 304, 450 Central Avenue. London. Ontario, Canada, N6B 2E8), S.Sangal, D. A. Cunningham. G. Andrew. C. Buck, N. L. Jones, T. Kavanagh. J. O. Parker, R. J. Shephard, and M. S. Yuhasz. A controlled prospective study of the effect of endurance training on the recurrence rate of myocardial infarction. A description of the experimental design. Am J Epidemiol 102: 358–365. 1975.A multicenter prospective study has been designed to determine whether participation in an exercise program which produces a significant training effect will affect the recurrence rate in men who have survived an initial myocardial infarction. The control group consists of subjects who participate in a program involving low intensity activities designed to avoid a significant training effect. The subjects will be followed for a period of 4 years and a reduction of 50 per cent in the risk of recurrence will be considered clinically significant. The criteria for entry, the method of allocation, the structure of theexercise program and method of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness are described. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Epidemiology Oxford University Press

A CONTROLLED PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ENDURANCE TRAINING ON THE RECURRENCE RATE OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Download PDF
8 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/oxford-university-press/a-controlled-prospective-study-of-the-effect-of-endurance-training-on-EwUypNxo0f

References (0)

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Copyright
© Published by Oxford University Press.
ISSN
0002-9262
eISSN
1476-6256
DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112174
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Rechnitzer, P. A. (Suite 304, 450 Central Avenue. London. Ontario, Canada, N6B 2E8), S.Sangal, D. A. Cunningham. G. Andrew. C. Buck, N. L. Jones, T. Kavanagh. J. O. Parker, R. J. Shephard, and M. S. Yuhasz. A controlled prospective study of the effect of endurance training on the recurrence rate of myocardial infarction. A description of the experimental design. Am J Epidemiol 102: 358–365. 1975.A multicenter prospective study has been designed to determine whether participation in an exercise program which produces a significant training effect will affect the recurrence rate in men who have survived an initial myocardial infarction. The control group consists of subjects who participate in a program involving low intensity activities designed to avoid a significant training effect. The subjects will be followed for a period of 4 years and a reduction of 50 per cent in the risk of recurrence will be considered clinically significant. The criteria for entry, the method of allocation, the structure of theexercise program and method of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness are described.

Journal

American Journal of Epidemiology – Oxford University Press

Published: Nov 1, 1975

There are no references for this article.