title: Physical activity six months after a myocardial infarction.
abstract: In the present study, we wished to explore physical activity in middle-aged patients 6 months after a myocardial infarction and to compare the patients' self-reported activity level with pedometric measures of footsteps/day. The sample comprised 89 patients with myocardial infarction, aged <or= 65 years. The self-report question showed that < 40% of the patients were engaged in at least 30 min of physical activity every day. The pedometric physical activity data showed a daily mean number of steps of 6719. The self-report question was correlated with the pedometric registration data. Among myocardial infarction patients, physical activity 6 months after the acute heart attack was insufficient in the majority of patients, both when evaluated with a self-report question and when evaluated with a pedometer. Efforts to increase physical activity after myocardial infarction are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, NU Hospital Group, Trollhättan, Sweden.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Brändström
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brink
authors.forename: Gunne
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grankvist
authors.forename: Pia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alsén
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herlitz
authors.forename: Björn W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Karlson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction