A 12-week cardiac telerehabilitation programme does not prevent relapse of physical activity levels: long-term results of the FIT@Home trial

Rutger W M Brouwers^{1

2}, Hareld M C Kemps^{1

2

3}, Cyrille Herkert^{1

2}, Niels Peek⁴, Jos J Kraal⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Máxima Medical Center, De Run 4600, Postbus 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
² Vitality Center, Máxima Medical Center, De Run 4600, Postbus 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Atlas 3 South, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
⁴ Centre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9P Manchester, UK.
⁵ Department of Human-Centered Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands.

Rutger W M Brouwers et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022.

. 2022 May 25;29(7):e255-e257.

doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac009.

Rutger W M Brouwers^{1

2}, Hareld M C Kemps^{1

2

3}, Cyrille Herkert^{1

2}, Niels Peek⁴, Jos J Kraal⁵

¹ Department of Cardiology, Máxima Medical Center, De Run 4600, Postbus 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
² Vitality Center, Máxima Medical Center, De Run 4600, Postbus 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Atlas 3 South, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
⁴ Centre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9P Manchester, UK.
⁵ Department of Human-Centered Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiac telerehabilitation; Coronary artery disease; Physical activity; Relapse prevention.

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