“…In rehabilitation of coronary patients, exercise programmes are primarily used for their beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system (Dimsdale, Alpert & Schneiderman, 1986 ;Hollmann, 1982;Weidemann & Meyer, 1991) and risk-factors, like obesity, hypercholesterinemia, hypertension (Hagberg e t al., 1983 ;Hooper & Crouse, 1988;Huttunen e t al., 1979;Moss & Benhorin, 1990). It appears possible that exercise increases long-term survival rate in coronary heart patients (Greenland & Chu, 1988;O'Connor e t al., 1989;Oldridge, Guyatt, Fischer & Rimm, 1988;Paffenbarger, Hyde, Wing & Hsieh, 1986).…”