2018-10-23
Telerehabilitation for cardiac patients: a multicenter randomized, controlled trial investigating the usage of a post-discharge e-learning platform (Preprint)
2018-10-23 • Thijs Vandenberk, Ines Frederix, Anne Geurden, Leen Janssen, Louis Degryse, Sara Smeets, Siebe Orolé, Jorinde Bielen, Sofie Puts, Maxime Dendale, M...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Cardiac rehabilitation is recommended by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) after the initial coronary event for patients with acute coronary syndrome. However, attendance to CR programs and especially maintenance programs after out-patient CR are less than 50%. A possible approach to increase adherence and attendance to maintenance CR programs is telerehabilitation. In its most comprehensive format, telerehabilitation includes telemonitoring (i.e. remote monitoring), tele coa…