Methods	Randomised on day of discharge after MI; F/U 12-24 months.
Participants	N = 110 (EX n:57; CON n:53) Gender: NR Mean age: EX = 52.1 +/− 1.3, CON = 52.7 +/− 1.3 Diagnosis: <65 yrs with acute myocardial infarction confirmed by typical symptoms, electrocardiographic changes, and a rise in cardiac creatinine kinase isoenzyme Ethnicity: NR Inclusion: Men and women with acute myocardial infarction and had been admitted to Plymouth coronary care unit Exclusion: uncontrolled heart failure; serious rhythm disturbances which persisted and required treatment at time of discharge; another disabling disease
Interventions	Exercise group: Duration: 4 weeks; Frequenty: 2 × week; Mode: standard pulse-monitored group exercise commonly used in the physiotherapy ofcardiac patients, 12 station circuit started 3 weeks post discharge Control: standard hospital care
Outcomes	Total mortality, non fatal MI, revascularisation; Assessments at day ofdischarge, 3rd week after discharge; after rehabilitation (for intervention group); four months after infarct and 12-24 months after infarct)
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors’ judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	“randomised”
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not reported.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Unclear in terms of assessment of outcomes.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	High risk	24% lost to follow-up, no description of withdrawals or dropouts
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	No information reported.