# Research

> Exercise based rehabilitation has been shown to dramatically improve patient outcomes across a wide variety of disease types.

**Cardiac rehabilitation, which our flagship rehab program is modeled on, has been shown to reduce hospitalizations, increase life span, increase quality of life and even reverse some of the most pernicious effects of cardiovascular disease.**

## If all cardiac and pulmonary patients attended their rehab, we would save an estimated 261k lives per year, in the US alone.1

31 million Americans qualify for cardiac and pulmonary rehab each year. **Only 5% attend.**

1  Philip A. Ades, MD, Steven J. Keteyian, PhD, Janet S. Wright, MD, Larry F. Hamm, PhD, Karen Lui, RN, MS, Kimberly Newlin, ANP, Donald S. Shepard, PhD, and Randal J. Thomas, MD, MS Increasing Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation From 20% to 70%: A Road Map From the Million Hearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Collaborative, Mayo Clinic Proc. 2017 Feb; 92(2): 234–242.

## Peer Reviewed Papers

### **Live Longer**

Live longer Cardiac rehabilitation improves health and recovery of those suffering from cardiovascular disease. The benefits include a 45% reduction in all-cause mortality rates.

Quinn R. Pack, Kashish Goel, Brian D. Lahr, Kevin L. Greason, Ray W. Squires, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Zixin Zhang, and Randal J. Thomas (2013) Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, A Community-Based Study, Circulation. 2013;128:590–597, Online publication date: 8 Jul 2013.

[View study](https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.001365)

### **Reduce readmissions and stay out of hospital**

Within 90 days, cardiac rehabilitation patients have a 30% reduction in readmissions. Rehospitalization rates may reduce by increasing improved care transition systems.

Daniel W. Mudrick, Lynn Shaffer, Michelle Lalonde, Anirudh Ruhil, Greg Lam, Jesse Hickerson, Teresa Caulin-Glaser and Richard Snow, cardiac rehabilitation participation reduces 90-day hospital readmissions after acute myocardial infarction or percutaneous coronary intervention, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 61, Issue 10 Supplement, March 2013,

[View study](https://www.onlinejacc.org/content/61/10_Supplement/E1418)

### **Reverse the effects of CVD**

Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation reduces all cause mortality and significantly reduces cholesterol.

Heran BS, Chen JM, Ebrahim S, Moxham T, Oldridge N, Rees K, Thompson DR, Taylor RS. (2013) Exercise-based rehabilitation for coronary heart disease, A Community-Based Study, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jul 6;(7):CD001800. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001800.pub2

[View study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11279730/)

### Tangible health benefits our patients can expect

- **Weight Loss**  
  Improved weight loss with our nutrition plus exercise program  
  [View study](https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.860569)

- **Stress Reduction**  
  Improved stress management and ability to control anxiety and depression  
  [View study](https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018926)

- **Quality of Life**  
  Increased ability to return to work or engage in leisure activities  
  [View study](https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/ahaecc-public/@wcm/@adv/documents/downloadable/ucm_473083.pdf)

- **Improve Vitals**  
  Improved health factors like lipids and blood pressure  
  [View study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11279730/)

Life-Changing Results for Carda Patients

**Paul, 65**  
_Current program_  
_after 6 weeks

This weekend I was able to go to the baseball game with my grandson and walk around for the first time in a very long time instead of using my scooter after just 6 weeks in the Carda Health rehab program. My therapist, Haley, is great, she is the best part about the program.

**Raina, 55**  
_Current program_  
_after 10 weeks

After my recent stent placement I felt apprehensive about exercising. I was unsure about what level of exertion would benefit me. Working with a Clinical Exercise Physiologist has been the answer. I’m confident that I’m moving at the right intensity and the sessions really keep me motivated.