Ilka Lowensteyn, PhD
Primary Axis:
Cardiovascular Diseases and Critical Care
Secondary Axis:
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Kidney Diseases
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Research focuses primarily on evaluating the benefits of exercise training for disease prevention and rehabilitation in different populations (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, fibromyalgia, and postpartum depression). Other areas of research include cardiovascular risk assessment using validated computer models and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of exercise training in individuals with and without cardiovascular disease.Clinical exercise physiology, chronic disease prevention, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiovascular disease, exercise prescription, cost-effectiveness, clinical epidemiology
Keywords:
Clinical exercise physiology, chronic disease prevention, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiovascular disease, exercise prescription, cost-effectiveness, clinical epidemiology
Location:
Montreal General Hospital Publications:
Dritsa M, Da Costa D, Dupuis G, Lowensteyn I, Khalifé S. Effects of a home-based exercise intervention on fatigue in postpartum depressed women: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Ann Behav Med (In press) 2008.
Grover SA, Lowensteyn I, Jospeh L, Kaouache M, Marchand S, Coupal L, Boudreau G. Can assessing coronary risk increase the effectiveness of dyslipidemia therapy? The CHECK-UP study: A randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 167: 2296-2303; 2007.
Lowensteyn I, Coupal L, Zowall H, Grover SA. The cost-effectiveness of exercise training for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 20: 147-155; 2000.
