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The ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) has published guidelines re. various cardiac conditions and recommendations. The organization also breaks down various activities depending on the degree of "static" vs "dynamic" stresss imposed and bases recommendations on this classification of sports.
These guidelines are available in the original form, or can be found in the following text, "The Team Physician's Handbook", published by the ACSM.
Hope that is of some help.
Take care.
Dr. Jason Su MD
Toronto, Canada.
LEE DAWSON wrote:
I am an exercise specialist in Cardiac Rehab and have been asked by a patient about whether he could take up martial arts.Anyone know of any research/literature? I know martial arts vary in style but I would like to be able to recommend a particular style and precuations plus info on physiologic demands.The patient is 16 years old with valve replacements and has a good functional capacity Lee Dawson