Table 1.

Summary of characteristics of the included studies

First Author	Type of disease	Sample size		Mean age		BMI		Other intervention	Intervention of cont.
		Cont.	Int.	Cont.	Int.	Cont.	Cont.
Wosornu et al.28	CABG	27	26	56.5	56.6	26.9	27.5	Medication	Medication
		25		59.2		25.8
Belardinelli et al.29	CAD with successful CA	59	59	53	59	24.3	23.9	Medication	Medication and Avoidance of physical training
Yu et al.30	AMI or PCI	72	40	62.3	61.2	27.6	27.4	Domiciliary or vocational environment training by occupational therapist	Education about risk factors and disease and benefits of physical activity
Vona et al.31	Uncomplicated AMI	28	24	56	57	26.5	25.7	Encourage to increase daily physical activity	Avoidance of regular physical activity
Volaklis et al.32	CAD (MI, CABG, CA)	11	10	58	51	NM	NM	NM	Usual daily activities
Seki et al.34	AMI, CABG, & PCI	18	16	69	70	23.4	23.5	Medication	Medication & usual outpatient care
Balen et al.33	Post-AMI with PCI	30	30	59	61	28.8	28	Standard care, 30 min supervised walking	Standard care
Luk et al.35	CAD treated by medication	32	32	67.7	66.6	24.7	25.1	Education, Counseling, risk factor modification	Education, Counseling, risk factor modification
Ghroubi et al.27	MI with coronary stenting	30	38	50	53	27.14	25.5	Education	NM
Aksoy et al.36	CHF (LVEF: 35-55%), CHF with dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy, CHF with ventricular rhythm	19 19	19	63.7	57.5	28.4	29.1	NM	NM
				59.6		30.1
Hassan and Nahas37	PCI	30	30	52.6	53.8	30.3	30.2	Medication & risk factors education	Medication & risk factors education
Tamburus et al.38	CAD: MI, PCI, CABG	12	10	56.2	60.4	28.7	28.3	NM	Usual daily activity

Int.: Intervention; Cont.: Control; CABG: Coronary artery bypass graft; CAD: Coronary artery disease; CA: Coronary angioplasty; AMI: Acute myocardial infraction; PCI: Percutaneous coronary intervention; MI: Myocardial infraction; NM: Not mentioned; min: Minute; CHF: Cardiac heart failure; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction