This course will assist in applying principals of exercise training to complex cardiac cases and how to prescribe exercise for a variety of conditions

Content:

Demographics for CR and Heart Failure in Qld: registry data
Exercise for cardiac conditions: theory and practice overview
Cardio-Metabolic syndromes and exercise considerations
Heat intolerance and cardiac conditions
Exercise considerations for patients with dysautonomia
Pulmonary Hypertension, heart failure and exercise research
Cardiac rehabilitation participation among First Nations patients in QLD: registry data
CR rehabilitation in women
Ventricular Assistive Devices as destination therapy
Cardiomyopathies (myocarditis, pericarditis and cardiac sarcoid and amyloid): implications for exercise
Cases discussion with panel

Participants:

Suitable for physiotherapists, accredited exercise physiologists and nurses with experience or an interest in exercise training and cardiology.

Attendance - In person (complimentary carparking) or via webinar (recording will be available for all participants for 30 days following the course).

Speakers:

Dr Julie Adsett, Advanced Physiotherapist (1)

Mr William Beningfield, Physiotherapist (1)

Prof Norm Morris, Physiotherapist and Exercise Physiologist researcher (2,3)

Dr Fergus O’Connor, Exercise Scientist (3)

Ms Olivia Powrie, Exercise physiologist (4)

Ms Helen Seale, Physiotherapist Clinical Consultant (2)

Dr Emma Thomas, Centre for Health Services Research (5)

Dr Nicholas Sowden, Cardiologist (6)

Affiliations

1.Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, 2. The Prince Charles Hospital, 3. Griffith University, 4. West Moreton Hospital and Health Service, 5. University of Qld, 6. QEII Hospital

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