Value of exercise testing for prediction of physical and psychosocial rehabilitation potential 3 months after acute myocardial infarction.
In 147 patients exercise tests were performed at the beginning and after 1 year of an ambulatory rehabilitation program. Measurements of both tests and the degree of functional improvement were correlated with patients' characteristics, the results of a psychological analysis using the Freiburger Personality Inventory and a patient's questionnaire for self-assessment. Among the major determinants for functional improvement were age, location of the infarct, rate of participation and greater initial functional impairment. High degree of psychosomatic impairment accompanied low levels of exercise capacity, the patients' self-assessment showed no correlation with exercise performance.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011379:Prognosis; D011581:Psychological Tests