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June 7, 2026Cardiology ResearchOpen Access

Strong Adherence to Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Improves Exercise Tolerance in Outpatients With Cardiovascular Disease

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Why the study?

Does participating in an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program once a week or more improve exercise tolerance in outpatients with cardiovascular disease?

Population

110 outpatients with cardiovascular disease participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program, median age…

Comparison

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation once a… vs Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation less than…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

within 6 months

Key result

Participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program once a week or more improved exercise tolerance, including oxygen uptake and ventilatory efficiency, compared to less frequent participation.

Authors

KBK BandoYSYasunori SuematsuTMTakuro Matsuda

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Overview

May support once-weekly cardiac rehabilitation for exercise tolerance gains; hypothesis-generating and leaves optimal frequency open for RCTs.

Study Design

Type

Observational (n=110)

Structured PICO

Does participating in an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program once a week or more improve exercise tolerance in outpatients with cardiovascular disease?

P
Population
110 outpatients with cardiovascular disease who participated in cardiac rehabilitation and performed cardiopulmonary exercise testing twice within 6 months.
E
Exposure
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation once a week or more (average frequency 1.54 times per week)
C
Comparator
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation less than once a week
O
Outcome
Changes in cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) results (including oxygen uptake, ventilatory equivalent, and ventilatory efficiency) within 6 monthssurrogate

Participating in cardiac rehabilitation at least once a week is sufficient to significantly improve exercise tolerance and cardiopulmonary exercise test parameters in outpatients with cardiovascular disease.

Cite This Study

Bando et al. (2026) conducted an observational in Cardiovascular disease (n=110). Cardiac rehabilitation ≥1 time per week vs. Cardiac rehabilitation <1 time per week was evaluated on Changes in cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) results. Participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program once a week or more improved exercise tolerance, including oxygen uptake and ventilatory efficiency, compared to less frequent participation.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a250fe27def13d035e1d457https://doi.org/10.14740/cr2213
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