Objectively measured preoperative physical activity and sedentary behaviour among Finnish patients scheduled for elective cardiac procedures: baseline results from randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Sini Vasankari (Author), Juha Hartikainen (Author), Ville Vasankari (Author), Vesa Anttila (Author), Kari Tokola (Author), Henri Vähä-Ypyä (Author), Pauliina Husu (Author), Harri Sievänen (Author), Tommi Vasankari (Author), Jari Halonen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We investigated preoperative physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) in patients scheduled for elective cardiac procedures and compared them with population-based sample of Finnish adults. Methods Cardiac patients (n = 139) undergoing cardiac operations carried a tria...