[Prolonged intensive training as a method of nondrug therapy and rehabilitation of patients who have had a myocardial infarct].

The authors examined 75 males (average age 49 years) who had suffered myocardial infarction 4--8 months before the examination. Two groups equal in value, the main and control groups, were formed at random. Patients of the main group were given physical training for one year, including therapeutical physical exercises combined with dosaged running, elements of sport games and training on a bicycle ergometer. The examination showed that long-term intense training is a very effective non-drug measure aimed at improving the physical working capacity of patients after myocardial infarction.