Patients with heart disease to prolong life need to be encouraged to move every 20 minutes. The study of predstavlennogo canadian Congress on cardiovascular disease (Canadian Cardiovascular Congress), held October 20-23 in Toronto.
According to the study, patients with heart disease spend most of their period of wakefulness, sitting, lying down and watching TV. It was already known that prolonged immobility reduces the years of life, and the movement extends them. It was stated that the burning of more than 770 kcal day helps to prolong the life of patients with heart disease. In this new study, the researchers determined how often and how long a person needs to move to get this load level.
Our study shows that patients with heart disease should get up and move every 20 minutes, making light exercise at least for 7 minutes. Such simple actions as getting up and walking at a normal pace will burn more than 770 calories a day if they commit often enough, and regularly, says the study’s author, Dr. Ailar Ramadi (Ailar Ramadi) from the canadian University of Alberta (University of Alberta).
The study involved 132 patients with coronary heart disease, their mean age was 63 years. Participants wore a sensor of physical activity for 22 hours a day for five days. He recorded the amount of energy expended during physical activity, as well as the number and duration of active and inactive periods.
According to the authors, this load delivers burning 770 calories a day, which is associated with a reduced risk of premature death.
As for the cons of this study, Professor JOP Perk (Joep Perk), from the European society of cardiology, noted that this was a small observational study conducted without a control group. Before giving specific recommendations, it is necessary to conduct a randomized controlled trial. However, regular physical activity is key to a healthy life, regardless of concerns that patients with heart disease or someone else – said Perk.
Professor Ceren Bax (Jeroen Bax), a former President of the European society of cardiology (ACRS), said that a sedentary lifestyle negatively affects half the world’s population. Yoko recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease talk about the need for at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of increased activity a week. Any physical activity is better than its absence, and the more physical activity the better, the Professor said Becks.
Dmitry Kolesnik