New Study: This simple exercise may decrease your risk of heart disease
The other day I opened my computer to check my e-mail and noticed one from my friend who is a practicing neurosurgeon. The subject line caught my attention.
Association Between Push-up Exercise Capacity and Future Cardiovascular Events Among Active Adult Men. (1)
As any clinician with an interest in research I quickly checked the reference to analyze the validity of such a statement. I mean could it be? A simple, no-cost, exercise that can be used as a tool to measure future cardiovascular events? The application of the findings would be something clinicians could implement the next day in practice. The study looked at answering the question of whether there is an office-based assessment tool to be used by clinicians to determine if there is an association between a person’s fitness level and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Physical inactivity as well as lifestyle and increased CVD risk has been well documented. (2–5)
The importance of researching this topic is obvious. Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of mortality in the world. The World Health Organization has listed the following key facts regarding CVDs on their website. I’ve provided a few of them from their website below.
