Adherence
Real-time remotely monitored exercise-based cardiac telerehabilitation (REMOTE-CR) is non-inferior to traditional centre-based cardiac rehabilitation in improving maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) in adults with coronary heart disease.
If you have heart disease, you can get effective cardiac rehab at home using a remote monitoring system. It involves 3 sessions a week for 12 weeks, where you exercise while wearing a sensor that sends your heart data to a specialist who coaches you in real-time. This approach is just as good for improving your fitness (VO2max) as going to a clinic, and it saves money and travel time.
V̇ O2 max was comparable in both groups at 12 weeks and reMOte-cr was non-inferior to cBexcr (reMOte-cr-cBexcr adjusted mean difference (aMD)=0.51 (95% ci −0.97 to 1.98) ml/kg/min, p=0.48).
Why this rating
Randomized controlled non-inferiority trial with adequate power and intention-to-treat analysis.
Source
Effects and costs of real-time cardiac telerehabilitation: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial
Ralph Maddison et al. · Heart · 2018
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