Phase Ⅰ of cardiac rehabilitation:A new challenge for evidence based physiotherapy

摘要

Cardiac rehabilitation protocols applied during the inhospital phase(phaseⅠ)are subjective and their results are contested when evaluated considering what should be the three basic principles of exercise prescription:specificity,overload and reversibility.In this review,we focus on the problemsassociated with the models of exercise prescription applied at this early stage in-hospital and adopted today,especially the lack of clinical studies demonstrating its effectiveness.Moreover,we present the concept of"periodization"as a useful tool in the search for better results.