From: Evaluating the Heart Wise Exercise™ program: a model for safe community exercise programming
Criteria | n (%) meeting |
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1. Encouraging daily aerobic exercise | 32/45 (71.1 %) |
2a. Incorporating a warm-up | 44/44 (100.0 %) |
2b. Incorporated a cool down | 42/42 (100.0 %) |
2c. Encouraging self-monitoring | 38/45 (84.4 %) |
3. Allowing participants to exercise at a safe level and offering options to modify intensity | 42/43 (97.7 %) |
4. Accepting participants with chronic health conditionsa | 29/29 (100.0 %) |
5. Offering health screening for all participantsa | 27/29 (93.1 %) |
6a. Having a documented emergency plan that is known to all fitness leadersa | 26/29 (89.7 %) |
6b. Fitness leaders have current cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificationa | 27/29 (93.1 %) |
6c. Phone access to local paramedic servicesa | 28/29 (96.6 %) |
6d. Having an automated external defibrillator on-sitea | 28/28 (100.0 %) |