[Physical rehabilitation of patients with myocardial infarct during the restorative period].
In the in-patient rehabilitation department of the Leningrad cardioheumatological dispensary 276 patients with large-focal and transmural myocardial infarction were kept under observation. The programme of physical rehabilitation envisaged the employment of kinesitherapy with increasing workload, dosaged walking up to 2--3 km, mounting the stairs within 3--5 floors. The reaction to the prescribed exercises was determined by the figures of pulse rate, arterial pressure and electroacrdiographic indices. The patients were transferred to the rehabilitation department from the city hospitals and clinics 3 1/2 to 8 weeks after the infarction, depending on the severity of the lesion. In 87% of the patients the term of treatment in the rehabilitation department ranged from 20 to 30 days, the rest of the patients were discharged at a later date. Over half of the patients fulfilled the complete programme of physical rehabilitation, the rest -- in an incomplete form.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D005082:Physical Exertion; D013997:Time Factors; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
Fizicheskaia reabilitatsiia bol'nykh infarktom miokarda v vosstanovitel'nom periode