The role of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation is well established in the secondary
prevention of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease and heart failure …

Energy intake requirements in pregnancy match the demands of resting metabolism,
physical activity, and tissue growth. Energy balance in pregnancy is, therefore, defined as …

Aim Although cardiac rehabilitation improves physical fitness after a cardiac event, many
eligible patients do not participate in cardiac rehabilitation and the beneficial effects of …

This paper presents some recent developments in the field of wearable sensors and
systems that are relevant to rehabilitation and provides examples of systems with evidence …

Commercially available health technologies such as smartphones and smartwatches,
activity trackers and eHealth applications, commonly referred to as wearables, are …

Cardiovascular diseases kill 18 million people each year. Currently, a patient's health is
assessed only during clinical visits, which are often infrequent and provide little information …

Background Cardiac rehabilitation has beneficial effects on morbidity and mortality in
patients with coronary artery disease, but is vastly underutilised and short-term …

Background Accelerometers were traditionally worn on the hip to estimate energy
expenditure (EE) during physical activity but are increasingly replaced by products worn on …

Cardiac telerehabilitation (CTR) has the potential to induce a highly needed increase in
participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and to reduce relapse into unhealthy lifestyle …

Aims Physical activity (PA) plays an important role in primary and secondary prevention of
cardiovascular disease (CVD), functioning as a marker of disease progression and …