Pinto, Rita http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0925-4245
Angarten, Vitor
Santos, Vanessa
Melo, Xavier
Santa-Clara, Helena
Article History
Received: 4 September 2018
Accepted: 15 March 2019
First Online: 11 April 2019
Authors’ information
: RP develops her doctoral research on the field of the effects of long-term exercise training in patients with cardiovascular disease (funded by the University of Lisbon and Faculty of Human Kinetics). She holds a Master’s degree in Exercise and Health and a Cardiac Rehabilitation post-graduation at the Faculty of Human Kinetics – University of Lisbon.VA develops his doctoral research on the field of Cardiac Rehabilitation. He holds a Master’s degree in Human Movement Science at the Santa Catarina State University – Udesc, Brazil.VS develops her doctoral research on the field of Cardiac Rehabilitation. She holds a Master’s degree in Exercise and Health and a Cardiac Rehabilitation post-graduation at the Faculty of Human Kinetics – University of Lisbon.XM is an Adjunct Professor at the Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior – Polytechnic Institute of Santarem, and Technical and Scientific advisor at Ginásio Clube Português. He holds a PhD in Physical Activity and Health at the Faculty of Human Kinetics – University of Lisbon.HSC (PhD, FESC) is an Assistant Professor of Physical Fitness in Young and Cardiac Rehabilitation at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon. She is the coordinator of the Exercise and Cardiovascular Regulation Research Group from the Exercise and Health Laboratory of the Faculty of Human Kinetics – University of Lisbon. She is the exercise program director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs at the Faculty of Human Kinetics (since 1991) and at the University of Lisbon (since 2016).
: Informed consent will be obtained before entry in the trial. The study was approved by the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa Ethics Council (approval number: 30/2017) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study adheres to the Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) guidelines, and the SPIRIT checklist is provided as Additional file InternalRef removed.
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