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October 2, 2025Frontiers in Rehabilitation SciencesOpen Access

Barriers to physical activity and patient profiling in the lifelong maintenance phase of coronary artery disease: a territorial mixed-methods pilot study

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MMMarı́a Teresa MolinaFDFabienne DurandHMHenri Méric

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Overview

Mixed-methods pilot study identifies barriers to physical activity and distinct patient profiles in coronary artery disease, suggesting personalized interventions.

Key Points

  • Nine barrier categories to physical activity were identified, with environmental and motivational factors emerging as the most significant barriers for patients.
  • Patients were categorized into three distinct profiles based on barriers: deconditioning, environmental/motivational constraints, and organizational limitations.
  • Unsupervised machine learning techniques were employed to analyze patient responses and identify homogeneous subgroups based on barrier patterns.
  • Personalized intervention strategies could improve long-term adherence to physical activity among patients in the lifelong maintenance phase of cardiac rehabilitation.

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Molina et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de6f3183cbc991d0a21f3chttps://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2025.1659925
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