KNGF Guideline Cardiac Rehabilitation

KNGF Clinical Practice Guideline for physical therapy in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitationSupplementsMetabolic equivalents of some activities.Capacity(watt)Metabolicequivalents(METs)daily life activities occupational activities leisure activities leisure and110 6 ascending stairs,digging holesdigging, manual plowing,using pneumatic drill,transporting objects 20–29kg, mixed construction sitework, mining, carpenter(assembly)horse riding (gallop),low impact aerobicswalking at 6.5 km/h, tennissingles, canoeing, alpine skiing,ice skating, basketball, football(non-competition)140 7 shoveling loose snow,chopping wood,walking up gentleslopes carrying weight< 5 kgsawing wood, laying rails,transporting objects30–39 kgdancing (fast; swing) cycling at 15 km/h, walking at 7.5km/h, walking up gentle slopes,fencing, ski touring 4–9 km/h160-170 8 shoveling wet snow,chopping down trees(slowly), walking up aslope carrying a 10 kgweightmanual carpentry (sawing),heavy digging with pickax,transporting objects 40 kg,mucking out stableshigh impact aerobics cycling at 19 km/h, jogging at 8km/h, cross-country skiingwithout slopes, swimming (crawl)35 m/min, horse racing, fieldhockey190-200 9 walking up a slopecarrying 10–20 kg,comfortable speedworking in hightemperatures, at blastfurnace, market gardening,manually stacking hay ona cartcross-country walkingskipping rope 70 – 80 / min, veryfast swimming (crawl)220 10 Carrying weights >30 kg, carrying 8 kgweight up a slope at6 km/hcleaning out slag fromblast furnace in steelproductioncycling at 23 km/h, playing squash,handball, rowing, skipping rope125/min, high jump, racquetball,very fast backstroke swimming240 11 judo skipping rope 145/min, walkingat 10 km/h260-270 12 carrying weights 13 kgReproduced with kind permission from Vanhees L. Cardiale revalidatie. In: Jaarboek Fysiotherapie/Kinesitherapie 1999. Dekker J den,Aufdemkampe G, Ham I van, Smits-Engelsman BCM, Vaes P (eds). Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum; 1999. pp 66-95. © 2000.References1. Goldman L, Hashimoto B, Cook EF, Loscalzo A. Comparative reproducibility and validity of systems assessing cardiovascular functional class: advantages ofa new specific activity scale. Circulation. 1981;64(6):1227-34.2. Vanhees L. Cardiale revalidatie. In: Dekker J den, Aufdemkampe G, Ham I van, Smits-Engelsman BCM, Vaes P (eds.). Jaarboek Fysiotherapie/Kinesitherapie1999. Houten: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum; 1999. pp. 66-95. (in Dutch)V-08/201132