ArticlePaediatrics & child health2009
Physical activity participation in youth with surgically corrected congenital heart disease: Devising guidelines so Johnny can participate.
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- Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Working Group on obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors in congenital heart disease.Circulation · 2010Guideline
- Early hybrid cardiac rehabilitation in congenital heart disease: the QUALIREHAB trial.European heart journal · 2024Trial
- Stress CT myocardial perfusion imaging after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2026Article
- Investigation of Community Integration in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Within the Scope of International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.Pediatric cardiology · 2026Article
- Growing Up With Congenital Heart Disease: A Qualitative Research Study of Parents' and Clinicians' Experiences and Perspectives.CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2025Article
- Evaluating a Telemedicine Video Game-Linked High-Intensity Interval Training Exercise Programme in Paediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2023Article
- Fearless in Physical Activity: The Implications of Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Article
- Health-related quality of life and physical activity in children with inherited cardiac arrhythmia or inherited cardiomyopathy: the prospective multicentre controlled QUALIMYORYTHM study rationale, design and methods.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Article
- Association between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Arterial Stiffness in Children with Congenital Heart Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Perceptions of Healthy Lifestyles Among Children With Complex Heart Disease and Their Caregivers.CJC open · 2021Article
- A cardiovascular disease risk factor in children with congenital heart disease: unmasking elevated waist circumference - a CHAMPS* study *CHAMPS: Children's Healthy-Heart Activity Monitoring Program in Saskatchewan.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Article
- Impact of Sophrology on cardiopulmonary fitness in teenagers and young adults with a congenital heart disease: The SOPHROCARE study rationale, design and methods.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2020Article
- Health-Related Physical Fitness and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents With Isolated Left-to-Right Shunt.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Article
- Exercise capacity in children and adolescents with corrected congenital heart disease.Pediatric cardiology · 2015Article
- Children after fontan have strength and body composition similar to healthy peers and can successfully participate in daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.Pediatric cardiology · 2015Article
- Perceived health after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation: in-depth interviews of patients and next-of-kin.BMJ open · 2014Article
- Physical activity recommendations for patients with electrophysiologic and structural congenital heart disease: a survey of Canadian health care providers.Pediatric cardiology · 2013Article
- Clinical practice: the effect of obesity in children with congenital heart disease.European journal of pediatrics · 2012Review
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Abstract
While most youth with congenital heart disease have simple structural lesions and near-normal activity tolerance and functioning, youth with complex structural defects may be affected by significant morbidity. Efforts are being made to consider the impact of exercise and physical activity on quality of life. The benefits of physical activity are well documented; however, the levels of participation and self-efficacy for activity remain low, thus increasing the risk of obesity and cardiovascular morbidity. Rehabilitation is a novel and emerging area, and decisions regarding advocacy versus restriction of physical activity may pose a challenge for both cardiologists and nonspecialists. The present article outlines the rationale for physical activity recommendations in youth with surgically corrected congenital heart disease and the psychosocial determinants of participation. Clinical recommendations and future directions are proposed.
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