Abstract
According to the American Heart Association’s (AHA) recent statistical update, over 2150 Americans die each day from cardiovascular disease (CVD), which equals approximately 1 death every 40 seconds; many of which were under the age of 65 years old [1]. In 2009, 386,324 people, 1 in 6 Americans, died as a result of coronary artery disease (CAD) alone [1]. They also estimate 150,000 people have “silent” heart attacks each year [1]. Even though the number of cardiovascular disease deaths has declined in the last 10 years, they still accounted for 32.3% of American deaths [1]. As a result, the AHA updated their 2020 goals to improve the nation’s cardiovascular health by 20% [1]. One of these methods is through the use of cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a health promotion strategy to help return cardiac patients to their previous level of functioning, increase health, decrease comorbidities and promote education and lifestyle change. For select patients, another alternative exercise plan may exist to gain even better results. High intensity interval training (HIIT) has shown positive training results for athletes and many studies show that it may also be an effective exercise modality for many cardiac patients instead of the traditional circuit training method. This article will review current literature on the effects of HIIT on CR patients as well as a sample HIIT protocol for instituting this treatment with appropriate patients.
Highlights
According to the American Heart Association’s (AHA) recent statistical update, over 2150 Americans die eachHow to cite this paper: Tinkham, M. (2014) Health Promotion in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients through the Use of a HighIntensity Interval Training Protocol
Even though the number of cardiovascular disease deaths has declined in the last 10 years, they still accounted for 32.3% of American deaths [1]
Due to the advancing longevity of adults in American, there is increased likelihood of the large segment of the population experiencing coronary artery disease (CAD) and being faced with many invasive treatments, as well as, complicated comorbidities in their lifetimes often robbing them of their autonomy and retirement funds
Summary
According to the American Heart Association’s (AHA) recent statistical update, over 2150 Americans die each. Due to the advancing longevity of adults in American, there is increased likelihood of the large segment of the population experiencing coronary artery disease (CAD) and being faced with many invasive treatments, as well as, complicated comorbidities in their lifetimes often robbing them of their autonomy and retirement funds. This causes a strain, not just on the person and his/her family and monetary depletion of insurance coverage, and health care facilities struggling to deal with an increasing number of potentially fragile patients. At this time in the United States, Medicare and most insurance plans will cover CR for patients who have had a Myocardial Infarction (MI) within the last year, a new onset of Stable Angina, an Angioplasty and/or stent placement within the last six months, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery within one year, and most recently Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) [3]
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