Factors Associated With Improved Exercise Tolerance Among Patients Undergoing Long‐Term Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Two‐Center Retrospective Observational Study
Our results revealed that those who showed improvements in peak VO<sub>2</sub> during long-term outpatient CR were confirmed to be those with little improvement in peak VO<sub>2</sub> and ΔVO<sub>2</sub>/ΔWR during the Phase II outpatient CR program.
Authors
- Minami Sukawa
- Tatsuro Kitayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6562-9473)
- Tadanori Harada
- Akihiko Tajima
- Taishi Tsuji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8408-6619)
- Kenta Mikami
- Yasuyuki Maruyama
Institutions
- Niigata University of Pharmacy and Medical and Life Sciences (JP)
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Sapporo Minami Hospital (JP)
- Toyohashi Heart Center (JP)
- Funabashi Orthopaedic Hospital (JP)
- Niigata University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physiotherapy Research International
- Published
- 2025-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.70137
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00