Home-Based Versus Outpatient-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: The prevalence of coronary heart disease continues to increase in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Despite advances in cardiac surgery, there are no established outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs in the KSA.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of home-based cardiac rehabilitation compared with outpatient-based cardiac rehabilitation and usual care for patients who are post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

A comparison of home and hospital-based exercise training in heart failure: immediate and long-term effects upon physical activity level.

Background: In heart failure, reduced physical activity level can adversely affect physical and psychosocial functioning. No previous heart failure research has compared effects of home and hospital-based exercise training upon physical activity level, or has objectively assessed their long-term effects upon physical activity. This study used an activPAL™ monitor to examine immediate and long-term effects of home and hospital-based aerobic exercise training upon physical activity level.

Analyzing free-living physical activity of older adults in different environments using body-worn activity monitors.

This study measured objectively the postural physical activity of 4 groups of older adults (> or =65 yr). The participants (N = 70) comprised 3 patient groups--2 from rehabilitation wards (city n = 20, 81.8 +/- 6.