P3-EX Research Highlights

Development of a novel clinical decision support system for exercise

prescription among patients with multiple CVD risk factors.

Pescatello et al., 2020, Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes.

Overview: Exercise has been established as key lifestyle approach to prevent and treat chronic disease, however clinicians lack the evidence-based guidance on how to prescribe exercise for patients with chronic disease. To address this clinical need, a novel evidenced based clinical decision support system “Prioritize, Personalize, Prescribe Exercise” (P3-Ex) was developed to design individualized exercise prescriptions for patients who exhibit cardiovascular disease risk factors who may also have other health conditions. 

Key Takeaways: P3-EX is an easy-to-use, guided, and time-efficient evidence-based approach to exercise prescription for patients with multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors that has applicability to other chronic diseases and health conditions.

Evaluation of exercise mobile applications for adults with cardiovascular disease risk factors

Chen et al., 2023, J Cardiovasc Dev Dis.

Overview: While exercise has been established as an effective lifestyle intervention to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, an exercise prescription is most effective when targeting specific health outcomes posing the greatest health risk. Having a tool to design individualized exercise prescriptions for their patients is paramount for clinicians, yet the landscape of publicly available exercise prescription applications is unknown. Chen's systematic review was to determine if evidence-based exercise prescription applications exist that clinicians could use to prescribe individualized exercise prescription for adults with cardiovascular disease risk factors or other chronic diseases or health conditions. 

Key Takeaways: Dr. Pescatello’s team found that there are currently no exercise applications on the market that offer clinicians an easy-to-use, guided, and time-efficient evidence-based approach to exercise prescription for patients with multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors.