SynthesisPediatric cardiology2016
Impact of Exercise Training in Aerobic Capacity and Pulmonary Function in Children and Adolescents After Congenital Heart Disease Surgery: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cardiopulmonary Function in Postoperative Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: A Meta-analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease.Current cardiology reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Preoperative Chest Physiotherapy in Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Surgery, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Physical activity interventions for people with congenital heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Exercise Training in Postoperative Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Pooled it
- Ambivalence is associated with decreased physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness among adolescents with critical congenital heart disease.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careTrial
- Understanding the barriers and facilitators that impact physical activity levels in children and adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD): a rapid review.BMC public health · 2025Review
- Physiological responses of children with surgically corrected congenital heart disease during high-altitude trekking: an exploratory observational study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Current Role and Future Perspectives of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Heart Disease.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
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- An evidence gap map of interventions for noncommunicable diseases and risk factors among children and adolescents.Nature medicine · 2024Article
- Rehabilitation in a Pediatric Patient Who Underwent Correction Surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- Circulating Reactive Oxygen Species in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Optimal exercise training for children with congenital heart disease: A systematic review.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2022Review
- Morbidities After Cardiac Surgery: Impact on Children's Quality of Life and Parents' Mental Health.The Annals of thoracic surgery · 2021Article
- 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
- Effects of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation on the Muscle Function of Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Physical activity modification in youth with congenital heart disease: a comprehensive narrative review.Pediatric research · 2021Review
- Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Improves Respiratory Muscle Function and Functional Capacity in Children with Congenital Heart Disease. A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 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
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to examine the effects of exercise training on aerobic capacity and pulmonary function in children and adolescents after congenital heart disease surgery. We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, EMBASE, (from the earliest date available to January 2015) for controlled trials that evaluated the effects of exercise training on aerobic capacity and pulmonary function (forced expiratory volume in 1 s and forced vital capacity) in children and adolescents after congenital heart disease surgery. Weighted mean differences and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated,, and heterogeneity was assessed using the I (2) test. Eight trials (n = 292) met the study criteria. The results suggested that exercise training compared with control had a positive impact on peak VO2. Exercise training resulted in improvement in peak VO2 weighted mean difference (3.68 mL kg(-1) min(-1), 95 % CI 1.58-5.78). The improvement in forced expiratory volume in 1 s and forced vital capacity after exercise training was not significant. Exercise training may improve peak VO2 in children and adolescents after congenital heart disease surgery and should be considered for inclusion in cardiac rehabilitation. Further larger randomized controlled trials are urgently needed to investigate different types of exercise and its effects on the quality of life.
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