In-Hospital Exercise after Myocardial Infarction

Jack R. Kirschner; Nanette K. Wenger; Mark L. Cohen; Henry S. Sacks; Harry Smith; Thomas C. Chalmers; Erika S. Sivarajan; Robert A. Bruce; Mary Jane Almes

doi:10.1056/NEJM198112243052620

In-Hospital Exercise after Myocardial Infarction

Jack R. Kirschner
, Nanette K. Wenger
, Mark L. Cohen
, Henry S. Sacks
, Harry Smith
, Thomas C. Chalmers
, Erika S. Sivarajan
, Robert A. Bruce
, Mary Jane Almes

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To the Editor: The role of rehabilitation programs might have been served if the leading article of the August 13 issue* had been titled “In-Hospital Exercise after Myocardial Infarction Demonstrates No Deleterious Effect.” As anyone who is experienced in cardiac rehabilitation knows, the level of exercise in such a program is not meant to improve treadmill performance, and one would be extremely surprised to find any improvement in its performance. My concern about the article was that the widespread publicity given to it through newspapers seemingly debunked the benefits of rehabilitation after myocardial infarction, which I know the article does.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1592-1593
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	305
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198112243052620
State	Published - 24 Dec 1981

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