Importance of characteristics and modalities of physical activity and exercise in defining the benefits to cardiovascular health within the general population. Recommendations from the EACPR (Part I)

Vanhees, Luc; De Sutter, J; Geladas, N; Doyle, F; Prescott, E; Cornelissen, Véronique; Kouidi, E; Dugmore, D; Vanuzzo, D; Börjesson, M; Doherty, P; Ellingsen, O; Mazic, S; Adamopoulos, S; Bjarnason-Wehrens, B; Björnstad, HH; Cohen-Solal, A; Conraads, V; Corrado, D; Fagard, Robert; Giada, F; Gielen, A; Hager, A; Halle, M; Hansen, D; Heidbuchel, Hein; Jegier, A; McGee, H; Mellwig, KP; Mendes, M; Mezzani, A; Niebauer, J; Pattyn, Nele; Pelliccia, A; Piepoli, M; Rauch, B; Reiner, Z; Schmidt-Trucksäss, A; Takken, T; van Buuren, F

doi:10.1177/2047487312437059

Importance of characteristics and modalities of physical activity and exercise in defining the benefits to cardiovascular health within the general population. Recommendations from the EACPR (Part I)

Author:

Vanhees, Luc

De Sutter, J ; Geladas, N ; Doyle, F ; Prescott, E ; Cornelissen, Véronique ; Kouidi, E ; Dugmore, D ; Vanuzzo, D ; Börjesson, M ; Doherty, P ; Ellingsen, O ; Mazic, S ; Adamopoulos, S ; Bjarnason-Wehrens, B ; Björnstad, HH ; Cohen-Solal, A ; Conraads, V ; Corrado, D ; Fagard, Robert ; Giada, F ; Gielen, A ; Hager, A ; Halle, M ; Hansen, D ; Heidbuchel, Hein ; Jegier, A ; McGee, H ; Mellwig, KP ; Mendes, M ; Mezzani, A ; Niebauer, J ; Pattyn, Nele ; Pelliccia, A ; Piepoli, M ; Rauch, B ; Reiner, Z ; Schmidt-Trucksäss, A ; Takken, T ; van Buuren, F

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, Cardiovascular health, exercise, prevention, physical activity, physical training, risk factors, ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY, CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE, LEISURE-TIME, CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS, RISK-FACTORS, ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS, EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION, RESISTANCE EXERCISE, ENERGY-EXPENDITURE, PRIMARY PREVENTION, Cardiovascular Diseases, Evidence-Based Medicine, Exercise, Humans, Physical Fitness, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Risk Reduction Behavior, EACPR, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology

Abstract:

Over the last decades, more and more evidence is accumulated that physical activity (PA) and exercise interventions are essential components in primary and secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease. However, it is less clear whether and which type of PA and exercise intervention (aerobic exercise, dynamic resistive exercise, or both) or characteristic of exercise (frequency, intensity, time or duration, and volume) would yield more benefit in achieving cardiovascular health. The present paper, as the first of a series of three, will make specific recommendations on the importance of these characteristics for cardiovascular health in the population at large. The guidance offered in this series of papers is aimed at medical doctors, health practitioners, kinesiologists, physiotherapists and exercise physiologists, politicians, public health policy makers, and the individual member of the public. Based on previous and the current literature, recommendations from the European Association on Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation are formulated regarding type, volume, and intensity of PA and exercise.