Published on in Vol 18, No 4 (2016): April

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Cardiac Patients’ Walking Activity Determined by a Step Counter in Cardiac Telerehabilitation: Data From the Intervention Arm of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Cardiac Patients’ Walking Activity Determined by a Step Counter in Cardiac Telerehabilitation: Data From the Intervention Arm of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Cardiac Patients’ Walking Activity Determined by a Step Counter in Cardiac Telerehabilitation: Data From the Intervention Arm of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Charlotte Thorup   1, 2 , MSN ;   John Hansen   3 , PhD ;   Mette Grønkjær   4 , PhD ;   Jan Jesper Andreasen   1, 2 , PhD ;   Gitte Nielsen   5 , PhD ;   Erik Elgaard Sørensen   2, 4 , PhD ;   Birthe Irene Dinesen   6 , PhD

1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

3 Laboratory for Cardio technology, Medical Informatics Group, Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

4 Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

5 Department of Cardiology, Vendsyssel Hospital, Hjoerring, Denmark

6 Laboratory of Assistive Technologies - Telehealth and Telerehabilitation, SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Corresponding Author:

  • Charlotte Thorup, MSN
  • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Aalborg University Hospital
  • Søndre Skovvej 5, 313
  • Aalborg, 9000
  • Denmark
  • Phone: 45 20729950
  • Fax: 45 78453075
  • Email: cbt@rn.dk