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ArticleCardiopulmonary physical therapy journal2008

The evidence regarding exercise training in the management of cystic fibrosis: a systematic review.

Michael J Shoemaker, Heather Hurt, Leah Arndt

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Article in Cardiopulmonary physical therapy journal, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06837181 (Studying the Presence of CFRD Complications With Thoughtful Recruitment), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06837181 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Studying the Presence of CFRD Complications With Thoughtful Recruitment (SPeCTRuM)

TypeobservationalSponsorJaeb Center for Health ResearchRan2025 to 2028Enrolled200ConditionsCystic Fibrosis (CF), Cystic Fibrosis-related Diabetes, Diabetes, RetinopathyArmsobservational study
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Exercise versus airway clearance techniques for people with cystic fibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  2. Air stacking: effects of Pilates mat exercises on muscle strength and on pulmonary function in patients with cystic fibrosis.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michael J ShoemakerGrand Valley State University, Physical Therapy Program, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Heather Hurt
Leah Arndt

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo conduct a systematic review of the evidence regarding the efficacy of exercise training in the management of cystic fibrosis (CF).

methodsArticles were found by searching PEDRO, MEDLINE, and CINAHL databases. Included articles involved exercise-related interventions for long-term adaptations (ie, not acute effects of exercise). Articles were excluded if the language was other than English or if other non-exercise interventions were used. Date of publication was not a factor for exclusion. Two independent reviewers evaluated the included articles using Sackett's levels of evidence and select scoring criteria.

resultsTwelve articles were eligible for inclusion. Interventions studied included various aspects of exercise training: anaerobic, aerobic, or resistance training. Study end-points included pulmonary function, aerobic capacity, strength, and health-related quality of life (HRQL).

conclusionsExercise training in individuals with CF is beneficial, with aerobic and resistance training having the greatest support in the literature for improved aerobic capacity and strength, respectively. Exercise training does not appear to have an effect of improving pulmonary function, but may have a preservation effect. Strong conclusions about improvement in HQRL from exercise training cannot be made. However, greater consistency in measuring this outcome is needed in future trials. There is a paucity of evidence regarding the role of exercise training in reducing hospitalization and health care utilization, and questions raised by this review should be considered in the design of future trials.

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aerobic exercisecystic fibrosisreview

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PMID20467502
PMCPMC2845226

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