The Early Ambulation of Patients After Myocardial Infarction

Wenger, Nanette K.

doi:10.1159/000169613

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“…Although the standard to wait 6 weeks before initiating CR for HF was implemented as a standard of safety based on HF-ACTION, it undermines a key opportunity to mitigate posthospitalization syndrome, and in many ways it seems reminiscent of outdated standards that had once kept patients bedbound for weeks of a myocardial infarction, with risks from sedentariness that far outweighed any benefits to the heart. 66 The contemporary model of CR also seems misaligned with the routine practice of mobilizing older, frailer patients with HF as quickly as possible during and after their hospitalizations.…”

Section: Posthospitalization Syndromementioning

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Growing Relevance of Cardiac Rehabilitation for an Older Population With Heart Failure

Schopfer

Forman

2016

Journal of Cardiac Failure

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Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a comprehensive lifestyle program that can have particular benefit for older patients with heart failure (HF). Prevalence of HF is increasingly common among older adults. Mounting effects of cardiovascular risk factors in older age as well as the added effects of geriatric syndromes such as multimorbidity, frailty, and sedentariness contribute to the high incidence of HF as well as to management difficulty. CR can play a decisive role in improving function, quality of life, symptoms, morbidity, and mortality, and also address the idiosyncratic complexities of care that often arise in old age. Unfortunately, the current policies and practices regarding CR for patients with HF are limited to HF with reduced ejection fraction and do not extend to HF with preserved ejection fraction, which is likely undercutting its full potential to improve care for today's aging population. Despite the strong rationale for CR on important clinical outcomes, it remains underused, particularly among older patients with HF. In this review, we discuss both the potential and the limitations of contemporary CR for older adults with HF.

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Section: Posthospitalization Syndromementioning

confidence: 99%

Growing Relevance of Cardiac Rehabilitation for an Older Population With Heart Failure

Schopfer

Forman

2016

Journal of Cardiac Failure

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“…Prolonged insufficient physical activity can induce a multitude of physiologic and psychologic problems, frequently described as the disuse syndrome (7) or hypokinetic disease (8). Specific disuse syndromes include: atrophy of skeletal muscle; joint contractures; decreased appetite; metabolic disturbances; cardiovascular disorders such as increased heart rate in response to effort, and edema; decubitus ulcers; respiratory complications; sphincter disturbances such a constipation and incontinence; and psychologic deterioration (7,(9)(10)(11)(12).…”

Section: Disuse Syndromementioning

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Role of Physical Therapists in Physical Activity Programs in Nursing Homes: A Survey

Skeist¹

1980

J American Geriatrics Society

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A survey was conducted to help define the role of physical therapists in physical activity programs in nursing homes. Questionnaires were completed by 64 physical therapists working in nursing homes of 130--150 bed capacity. The major factors studied were employment status, work-time at the facility, interprofessional relationships, and available equipment and space. Of the respondents, 43.7 percent were involved in physical activity programs, the most common roles being staff instruction and consultation. Only a small percentage of the time was used for programs; most of the time was occupied with individual physical therapy treatment. The principal types of programs with physical therapist involvement were ambulation and gait training, bed exercises, and general group exercises. Equipment and space seemed adequate. Physical therapists were likely to be involved in physical activity programs if: 1) they were employed by the nursing homes, were paid on a salary basis, worked at the nursing homes full-time or nearly full-time, and did not work elsewhere; 2) such programs were mentioned during discussion of the work agreement; and 3) the coordinator of the physical activity programs was an occupational therapist or a nurse rather than an activities director or recreational therapist.

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Sexual Adjustment of the Postcoronary Male

Friedman

1978

Handbook of Sex Therapy

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The Early Ambulation of Patients After Myocardial Infarction

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

Growing Relevance of Cardiac Rehabilitation for an Older Population With Heart Failure

Growing Relevance of Cardiac Rehabilitation for an Older Population With Heart Failure

Role of Physical Therapists in Physical Activity Programs in Nursing Homes: A Survey

Sexual Adjustment of the Postcoronary Male

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