TY - JOUR
T1 - Telerehabilitation in heart failure patients
T2 - The evidence and the pitfalls
AU - Piotrowicz, Ewa
AU - Piepoli, Massimo F
AU - Jaarsma, Tiny
AU - Lambrinou, Ekaterini
AU - Coats, Andrew J.S.
AU - Schmid, Jean-Paul
AU - Corrà, Ugo
AU - Agostoni, Piergiuseppe
AU - Dickstein, Kenneth
AU - Seferović, Petar M.
AU - Adamopoulos, Stamatis
AU - Ponikowski, Piotr
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Accessibility to the available traditional forms of cardiac rehabilitation programs in heart failure patients is not adequate and adherence to the programs remains unsatisfactory. The home-based telerehabilitation model has been proposed as a promising new option to improve this situation. This paper's aims are to discuss the tools available for telemonitoring, and describing their characteristics, applicability, and effectiveness in providing optimal long term management for heart failure patients who are unable to attend traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs. The critical issues of psychological support and adherence to the telerehabilitation programs are outlined. The advantages and limitations of this long term management modality are presented and compared with alternatives. Finally, the importance of further research, multicenter studies of telerehabilitation for heart failure patients and the technological development needs are outlined, in particular interactive remotely controlled intelligent telemedicine systems with increased inter-device compatibility.
AB - Accessibility to the available traditional forms of cardiac rehabilitation programs in heart failure patients is not adequate and adherence to the programs remains unsatisfactory. The home-based telerehabilitation model has been proposed as a promising new option to improve this situation. This paper's aims are to discuss the tools available for telemonitoring, and describing their characteristics, applicability, and effectiveness in providing optimal long term management for heart failure patients who are unable to attend traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs. The critical issues of psychological support and adherence to the telerehabilitation programs are outlined. The advantages and limitations of this long term management modality are presented and compared with alternatives. Finally, the importance of further research, multicenter studies of telerehabilitation for heart failure patients and the technological development needs are outlined, in particular interactive remotely controlled intelligent telemedicine systems with increased inter-device compatibility.
KW - Exercise training
KW - Heart failure
KW - Telerehabilitation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977261234&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.277
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.277
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:84977261234
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 220
SP - 408
EP - 413
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
ER -