Personalized Exercise Prescription for Heart Patients

摘要

Strong evidence shows that physical inactivity increases the risk of many adverse health conditions, including the world's major noncommunicable diseases, such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and breast and colon cancers, shortening life expectancy. Cardiovascular diseases account for most noncommunicable disease deaths. This draws attention to the importance of exercise in primary prevention of heart disease and in secondary prevention measures, such as cardiac rehabilitation. Even though exercise prescription has become a popular topic, it is still a "novel" science that needs to be developed with lack of evidence-based clinical practice and conclusive guidelines. The purpose of this Invited Commentary is to implement scientific guidelines with the most recent scientific advances, with the aim of overcoming the obstacles that prescription of physical exercise for patients with cardiovascular disease are met by professionals. The novelty resides in the application of evidence-based medicine to a modern personalized approach to exercise prescription.