HUR Medical Concepts 2018 | Page 51

activity in CAD shows that evidence for exercise training in CAD patients is at the highest level both in terms of recommendations and scientific justification stratification. Exercise training sessions are organized with brief periods of warm-up and cool-down. Endurance training is usually performed on days that alternate with strength training, but both modes can be combined into a single session for patients who are sufficiently vigorous and healthy to tolerate the effort. Flexibility training is often integrated into the warm-up or cool-down periods. The HUR cardiac rehabilitation concept helps the rehabilitation professional to provide best practice of exercise-as-medicine, based on the latest international treatment guidelines, enabling the earliest return to daily life and activity. 51