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ArticleSystematic reviews2016

Association between physical performance and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease: protocol for a meta-analysis.

Shuhei Yamamoto, Takayoshi Yamaga, Yasunari Sakai, Takaaki Ishida, Saki Nakasone, Masayoshi Ohira, Erika Ota, Rintaro Mori

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Article in Systematic reviews, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shuhei YamamotoDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan. syamamoto@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
Takayoshi YamagaDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan. serisaito@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
Yasunari SakaiDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan. yasunari_sakai1028@yahoo.co.jp.
Takaaki IshidaDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan. taka1207@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
Saki NakasoneDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan. nakasone@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
Masayoshi OhiraDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan. mohira@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
Erika OtaDepartment of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan. otaerika@gmail.com.
Rintaro MoriDepartment of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan. rintaromori@gmail.com.
Shinshu University Hospital · JPNational Center For Child Health and Development · JPShinshu University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical performance such as muscle strength or walking speed of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is lower than that of people who do not have CAD and is related to mortality and re-admission rates. Recent studies have shown that skeletal muscle strength, such as grip strength, was closely associated with cardiac events. Physical performance testing is quick, safe, and inexpensive and provides a reliable assessment tool for routine clinical practice. The aim of this meta-analysis is to clarify the association between physical performance testing and the risk of cardiovascular events and mortality. METHODS/

designThis meta-analysis will include male and female participants of any age in community settings who have a history of the following conditions or procedures: myocardial infarction, or coronary revascularization (coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or coronary artery stent), angina pectoris, heart failure, heart transplant, or coronary artery disease defined by angiography. We will search EMBASE and MEDLINE, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library with no limitations on date, language, document type, or publication status. Identified studies will be prospective and retrospective cohort studies. Physical performance will be defined as upper extremity strength, lower extremity strength, walking speed, or other performance scale. Six review authors will independently extract study characteristics from included studies. Participants will be divided into subgroups according to age (middle-aged <65 years and elderly ≥ 65 years), diagnosis (coronary artery disease and heart failure) and follow-up time (up to 12 months and over 12 months). We will pool hazard ratios of Cox proportional hazard models after logarithmic transformation and perform the meta-analysis by using inverse-variance method. DISCUSSION: To our knowledge, this meta-analysis will be the first report to assess the association between physical performance and cardiovascular events in CAD patients. We hope that these findings may help to estimate the prognosis for CAD patients in clinical practice. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42015020886.

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AgedAngina PectorisCardiovascular DiseasesCoronary Artery DiseaseExercise TestFemaleHand StrengthHeart FailureHeart TransplantationHumansMaleMeta-Analysis as TopicMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial Revascularization

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