18–20 September 2026
How to setup an exercise based multimodal Cardiac Rehabilitation program
At Trainer-Academy, German Sports University, Cologne. In Cooperation with the Institute for
Cardiology and Sports Medicine, Department of Preventive and Rehabilitative Sport and Exercise
Medicine at the German Sport University Cologne and University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Birna Bjarnason Wehrens (DSHS, Cologne, D)
Prof. Dr. Arto Hautala (The University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Finland)
Dr. Roland Nebel (Klinik Roderbirken, D),
jun. Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitt (DSHS Cologne, D)
Heike Jeß, Thomas Berg (AmKaRe Köln GmbHCologne, D)
Scientific Program
Fri 18/09
08.00 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 09.15 Welcome
09.15 – 09.45 Cardiac rehabilitation in Germany and in an international context
09.45 – 11.30 How to set up and design a cardiac rehabilitation program – part1 Exercise training as a core component of cardiac rehabilitation
11.45 – 12.15 Coffee Break
11.45 – 12.15 How to design a cardiac rehabilitation centre, equipment selection & capacity, part 1
12.15 – 12.45 How to design a cardiac rehabilitation centre, equipment selection & capacity, part 2
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.15 – 15.15 How to set up and design a multimodal cardiac rehabilitation program, part 2
cardiac rehabilitation structure and process quality guideline recommended
multidomain and interdisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program – core
compnents beyond exercise
15.15 – 16.00 How to assess muscular strength, frailty and functional limitations and capacity
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
17.00 – 18.45 How to assess exercise capacity – cycle ergometry, cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Sat 19/09
09.00 – 10.45 Endurance training in patients with cardiac diseases with special reference to coronary artery
disease and heart failure – evidence, recommendations and implementation
10.30 – 11.15 Safety aspects, how to monitor exercise trainings during cardiac rehabilitation
11.15 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.30 Resistance training in patients with cardiac diseases with special reference to coronary artery
disease and heart failure – evidence, recommendations and implementation
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.15 – 14.45 Exercise based cardiac rehabilitation in different groups of patients
14.45 – 15.15 Inpatient multimodal cardiac rehabilitation phase II: Presentation of exemplary cases
16.00 – 17.00 Resistance training in patients with metabolic diseases with special reference to
diabetes mellitus – evidence, recommendations and implementation
19.00 Social Event – Visit a typical German brewery in Cologne
Sun 20/09
09.00 – 12.30 Visit to an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation center (AMKARE)
09.00 – 10.45 Guided walk through AMKARE. Presentation of the AMKARE Center – structure
and quality standards, equipment, interdisciplinary team and work
10.45- 11.30 Endurance training on cycle ergometers with monitoring: continues and
interval endurance training methods
11.30-12.00 Resistance training using in intelligent technology rehab gym
12.00-12.30 Assessment of mobility (6 min walking test) and physical performance
(Short-Physical- Performance-Battery)
12.00-12.30 Feedback and Farwell
For further information please contact: akademie@ergoline.com
Registration: HEACR2026@hur.fi