RESEARCH ARTICLE
Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease: Directions for Future Research
Mark Hamer*, Emmanual Stamatakis
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 1
First Page: 1
Last Page: 1
Publisher ID: TOSSJ-1-1
DOI: 10.2174/1875399X00801010001
Article History:
Received Date: 06/03/2008Revision Received Date: 15/03/2008
Acceptance Date: 17/03/2008
Electronic publication date: 29/3/2008
Collection year: 2008
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Abstract
Regular physical activity is widely accepted as playing a crucial role in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. However, despite extensive research in this field there are crucial gaps in our knowledge. This paper discusses future research directions including population subgroup-specific exercise doses, research in under represented populations, the role of cardiorespiratory fitness in predicting CVD risk, and novel biological mechanisms that might mediate the inverse association between physical activity and CVD risk.