Secondary prevention

Risk prevention in patients with established cardiovascular disease or who have overcome an acute event.

Secondary prevention activities

The recovery course lasts 3 months: 36 sessions, including 29 functional therapy sessions and 7 informational meetings. An initial ergospirometry is conducted for an update of the cardiological picture, and exercise goals and loads are set.

Treatments

Functional seating

Functional sessions are structured through:

  • Aerobic exercise.
  • Dedicated strength exercises with Technogym machines.
  • Jacobson method relaxation techniques.
  • Breathing exercises.
  • Stretching exercises.


Twice a week, the physical training session is conducted outside on specially selected routes. On the route, body composition is monitored using the BIVA examination, which can qualitatively assess the distribution of the various compartments (lean mass, fat mass and hydration).

Informational meetings

Informational meetings include:

  • Reception (to individuals and explanation of the recovery pathway).
  • Meeting with the psychologist.
  • Inflammation and hormones.
  • Food 1.
  • Food 2.
  • Medications.
  • Diagnostics and anatomy.

After the group meetings on nutritional issues, an individual course is undertaken with the nutritionist dietitian to achieve a better structural quality of eating habits.

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The original version is the page in Italian.