title: Prescription of home exercise therapy for cardiovascular fitness.
abstract: The importance of regular exercise activity in health maintenance has been continually emphasized. Family physicians, as the primary health care providers to many individuals, need a protocol for exercise prescription that is both practical for the physician to administer and reasonable for the patient to understand and follow. A practical protocol applicable to individuals of varying cardiac states is presented.
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000534:rehabilitation