Prehabilitation in older patients prior to elective cardiac procedures (PRECOVERY): study protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of rehabilitation after a cardiovascular procedure. Especially older and multimorbid patients benefit from rehabilitation after a cardiac procedure. Prehabilitation prior to cardiac procedures may also have positive effects on patients' pre- and postoperative outcomes.

[Rehab Aftercare 'New Credo' in the Cardiac Follow-Up Rehabilitation].

Purpose: Physical inactivity is considered the most important modifiable risk factor of cardio-vascular diseases. Therefore medical rehabilitation is focused on the improvement of physical activity. To maintain physical activity after rehabilitation aftercare strategies are necessary which help to transfer the skills learned during rehabilitation into daily routine.

Supervised training with wireless monitoring of ECG, blood pressure and oxygen-saturation in cardiac patients.

We have developed a tele-rehabilitation application for training cardiac patients. It uses a modified ergometer bicycle with a set of wireless sensors. While the patient is exercising, the ECG, blood pressure and oxygen-saturation are monitored constantly and automatically.