Verdicchio, ChristianFreene, NicoleHollings, MatthewMaiorana, AndrewBriffa , TomGallagher, RobynHendriks, JeroenAbell, BridgetBrown, AlexColquhoun , DavidHowden, Erin2024-07-022024-07-021443-9506https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733713629Patients with cardiovascular disease benefit from cardiac rehabilitation, which includes structured exercise and physical activity as core components. This position statement provides pragmatic, evidence-based guidance for the assessment and prescription of exercise and physical activity for cardiac rehabilitation clinicians, recognising the latest international guidelines, scientific evidence and the increasing use of technology and virtual delivery methods. The patient-centred assessment and prescription of aerobic exercise, resistance exercise and physical activity have been addressed, including progression and safety considerations.application/pdfen-AU© 2023 The authorshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Cardiac rehabilitationSecondary preventionCoronary diseaseCardiovascular diseaseExercise assessmentExercise prescriptionPhysical activityPosition statement202310.1016/j.hlc.2023.06.8542024-05-19Creative Commons Attribution licence