Exercise prescription as medicine

George K. Lui; Philip Moons

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease (Oct 2021)

Exercise prescription as medicine

George K. Lui,
Philip Moons

Affiliations

George K. Lui: Corresponding author. 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.; Departments of Medicine and Pediatric, Divisions of Cardiovascular Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Philip Moons: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5
p. 100218

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Exercise has significant benefits to the physical and mental health of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients. Supported Exercise Programme for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (SEA Change), is a prospective study that enrolled ACHD patients into an exercise training program and demonstrated improvements in both exercise capacity and psychological measurements. As ACHD clinicians provide advice on medical and surgical interventions of their congenital heart condition, exercise is one more prescription in the holistic care of our ACHD patients.

Published in International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease

ISSN: 2666-6685 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-cardiology-congenital-heart-disease

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