Physical rehabilitation program of patients with ischemic heart disease with metabolic syndrome

Abstract

The article deals with the development and approbation of the complex physical rehabilitation program of the patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) complicated by the metabolic syndrome (MS). There were identified the sequence, dosage, and parameters of the therapeutic exercises using, the tools of apparatus physiotherapy and psychotherapy on different motor settings with consideration of functional class (FC) of the angina pectoris of patients. The defining features of the complex physical rehabilitation program of patients with IHD with MS are the using of modified methods of therapeutic walking, special physical exercises in static and dynamic mode, elements of yoga gymnastics, diet therapy, apparatus physiotherapy and psychotherapy, elimination or reduction of manifestations of the MS, restoration of a structural and functional condition of the cardiovascular system, the formation of compensatory mechanisms and increasing the quality of life of patients subject. The developed complex program allows purposefully to correct the components of MS, to influence the restoration of the structural and functional condition of the cardiovascular system and to improve the quality of life of patients with IHD, and also provides for the motivation of patients for lifestyle modification, which opens the prospects for secondary prevention of the disease.