Table 2 Characteristics and components of exercise training interventions delivered in included trials
Author, year | Start weeks | Overall duration (months) | Session frequency (per week) | Session time (minutes) | Lowest intensity prescribed | Highest intensity prescribed | Adherence to intervention | Exercise provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albus, 2009 | – | 2.75 | 1 | 60 | – | 80%HRmax ETT | High | AH and physician |
Andersen, 1981 | 4 | 12 | 1–2 | 60 | – | – | – | – |
Aronov, 2009 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 60 | 50%HRmax ETT | 60%HRmax ETT | High | AH and physician |
Belardinelli, 2001 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 60%VO2max ETT | 60%VO2max ETT | High | Physician |
Bell, 1998: Home | 2 | 4.75 | 7 | – | – | – | – | Nurse |
Bell, 1998: Outpatient | 6 | 1 or 3 | 1–2 | 20 | 3 mod Borg | 4 mod Borg | – | AH and nurse |
Bengtsson, 1983 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 90%HRmax ETTa | 90%HRmax ETTa | High | Allied health |
Bertie, 1992 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | –f | –f | – | Allied health |
Bethell, 1990 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 70%HRmax predicted f | 85%HRmax predicted f | Moderate | AH and physician |
Blumenthal, 2005 | – | 4 | 3 | 55 | 70%HRR ETT | 85%HRR ETT | High | Allied health |
Briffa, 2005 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 | 90 | 60%HRmax predicted | – | – | – |
Byrkjeland, 2015 | – | 12 | 2 | 60 | 12 Borg | 15 Borgb | Moderate | Allied health |
Carlsson, 1998 | 4 | 3 | 2–3 | 60 | 75%HRmax ETTa | – | High | AH and nurse |
Carson, 1982 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 45 | –f | –f | High | AH and physician |
DeBusk, 1994 | – | 12 | 5 | 30 | 60%HRmax ETT | 85%HRmax ETT | – | Nurse |
Dugmore, 1999 | – | 12 | 3 | – | 50%VO2max ETT | 80%VO2max ETT | – | – |
Engblom, 1992 | 7 | 0.75 | 7 | 60 | 70%HRmax ETT | 70%HRmax ETT | High | Allied health |
Erdman, 1986 | – | 6 | 2 | 75 | 70%HRmax ETT | 80%HRmax ETT | Moderate | AH, nurse, physician |
Ferreira, 2010 | – | 2 | 3 | 60 | 70%HRmax ETT | 85%HRmax ETT | – | Physician |
Fletcher, 1994 | – | 6 | 5 | 20 | Not set | Not set | – | Nurse |
Fontes–Carvalho, 2015 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 70%HRmax ETT | 85%HRmax ETT | – | Allied health |
Fridlund, 1992 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 30 | – | – | – | Allied health |
Giallauria, 2008 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 60%VO2peak ETT | 70%VO2peak ETT | High | AH, nurse, physician |
Haglin, 2011 | – | 1 | 5 | 120 | – | – | – | Physician |
Haskell, 1994 | 3 | 48 | 5 | 30 | 70%HRmax ETT | 85%HRmax ETT | High | Nurse |
Hofman-Bang, 1995 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | High | Nurse |
Holmbäck, 1994 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 70%HRmax ETTa | 85%HRmax ETTa | High | Allied health |
Kallio, 1979 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 13 Borg | 13 Borg | High | AH and physician |
Kovoor, 2006 | 6 | 1.25 | 2–4 | 60 | 70%HRmax ETTf | 85%HRmax ETTf | – | Nurse |
KrasnitskiÄ, 2010 | – | 1.5 | 3 | 60 | 50%HRmax ETT | 60%HRmax ETT | High | Physician |
La Rovere, 2002 | 4.5 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 75%HRmax ETT | 95%HRmax ETTd | High | – |
Lear, 2014 | – | 4 | 3–5 | Customised | – | – | – | Nurse |
Leizorovicz, 1991 (PRECOR) | 4 | 1.5 | 3 | 25 | 80%HRmax ETT | 80%HRmax ETT | High | – |
Marchionni, 2003 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 70%HRmax ETT | 85%HRmax ETT | High | Allied health |
Miller, 1984: Gym | 3 | 2 or 5.75 | 3 | 60 | 70%HRmax ETT | 85%HRmax ETT | Moderate | Nurse and physician |
Miller, 1984: Home | 3 | 2 or 5.75 | 5 | 30 | 70%HRmax ETT | 85%HRmax ETT | High | Nurse |
Maroto Montero, 1996/2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 75%HRmax ETT | 85%HRmax ETTd | – | – |
Munk, 2009 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 60%HRmax ETTc | 90%HRmax ETTc | – | Allied health |
Mutwalli, 2012 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 30 | – | – | – | – |
Oerkild, 2012 | – | 1.5 | 6 | 30 | 11 Borg | 13 Borg | – | Allied health |
Oldridge, 1991 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 65%HRmax ETT | 65%HRmax ETT | High | AH and physician |
Ornish, 1990 | – | 48 | 6 | 30 | 50%HRmax predicted | 80%HRmax predicted | – | – |
Reid, 2012 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | Allied health |
Román, 1983 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 30 | 70%HRmax ETT | 70%HRmax ETT | High | Allied health |
Schuler, 1992 | – | 72 | 2 | 60 | 75%HRmax ETT | 75%HRmax ETT | Moderate | – |
Shaw, 1981 | – | 2 | 3 | 60 | 85%HRmax ETTg | 85%HRmax ETTg | High | – |
Sivarajan, 1982: both arms | 1 | 3 | 7 | 60 | MET table | MET table | – | AH and nurse |
Specchia, 1996 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 75%HRmax ETT | 75%HRmax ETT | High | – |
Ståhle, 1999 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 50%HRmax ETTd | 80%HRmax ETTd | High | Allied health |
Stern, 1983 | – | 3 | 3 | 60 | 85%HRmax ETT~a | 85%HRmax ETT~a | High | AH and physician |
Toobert, 2000 | – | 15 | 2 | 60 | 11 Borg | 13 Borg | High | Allied health |
Vecchio, 1981 | 4 | 1.5 | 6 | 45 | 75%HRmax ETT | 75%HRmax ETT | – | Physician |
Vermeulen, 1983 | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | Physician |
Vestfold Heart Care Group, 2003 | 1–4 | 3.75 | 2 | 45 | 11 Borge | 15 Borge | High | Allied health |
Wang, 2012 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | – | Nurse |
West, 2013 | – | 1.75 | 1–2 | 60 | – | – | Moderate | Allied health |
WHO Balatonfured, 1983 | 5–6 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | High | – |
WHO Brussels, 1983 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Moderate | – |
WHO Bucharest, 1983 | 12 | 3 | – | 30 | 60%PWCmax ETT | 70%PWCmax ETT | Moderate | – |
WHO Budapest, 1983 | 4–6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Moderate | – |
WHO Dessau, 1983 | 6 | 1.5 | 7 | 30 | 60%HRmax ETT | 70%HRmax ETT | High | Allied health |
WHO Erfurt, 1983 | 5 | 1.25 | 7 | 30 | 60%HRmax ETT | 70%HRmax ETT | Moderate | Allied health |
WHO Ghent, 1983 | 6–8 | 1.5 | 3 | 60 | 70%HRmax ETT | 80%HRmax ETT | Moderate | Allied health |
WHO Kaunas, 1983 | 6 | 2–4 | – | – | – | – | High | – |
WHO Prauge, 1983 | 12 | 36 | – | – | – | – | High | – |
WHO Rome, 1983 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Moderate | – |
WHO Tel Aviv, 1983 | 10–12 | 5 | – | – | – | – | High | – |
WHO Warsaw, 1983 | 4–6 | 36 | – | – | – | – | High | – |
Wilhelmsen, 1975 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 80%HRR ETTa | 80%HRR ETTa | Moderate | Allied health |
Yu, 2004 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 65%HRRpredicted | 85%HRRpredicted | – | Allied health |
Zwistler, 2008 | – | 1.5 | 2 | 90 | 60%HRR ETT | 85%HRR ETT | – | Allied health |