There is strong evidence that regular exercise programs cause some benefits to health and reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Besides the absolute incidence of death during exercise is low in the general population, the incidence of a cardiovascular event during exercise among patients with cardiac disease is greater than that among healthy persons. Pre-participation screening could
... [Show full abstract] identify persons who are potentially at high risk, and health appraisal questionnaires should be usedbefore exercise testing/training to classify participants by risk level. After that, if indicated, medical consultation and supervised exercise testing, they can be further
classified for exercise training on the basis of individual profile. Physicians are expected to stimulate the involvement of the opulation in physical activity programs and are the sole responsible for the indications of physical exercise for patients. However, physical therapists and physical educators, should be responsible for planning,
prescribing and supervising the exercise in terms of its intensity, duration, frequency and mode.