Trial reportCardiology in the young2017
Passive range of motion exercise to enhance growth in infants following the Norwood procedure: a safety and feasibility trial.
Trial report in Cardiology in the young, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Eligible Infants Included in Neonatal Clinical Trials and Reasons for Noninclusion: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cardiopulmonary Function in Postoperative Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: A Meta-analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Race and Ethnicity of Infants Enrolled in Neonatal Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Early cardiac rehabilitation in ICU for infants after complex congenital heart disease surgery: a retrospective case series.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Multicenter Clinical Research in Congenital Heart Disease: Leveraging Research Networks to Investigate Important Unanswered Questions.NeoReviews · 2023Review
- Developmental Care for Hospitalized Infants With Complex Congenital Heart Disease: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Multistakeholder Qualitative Research Methods to Impact Culture of Care Practices in the ICU.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2018Article
- Supporting Optimal Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants and Children With Congenital Heart Disease.Critical care nurse · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and feasibility of a passive range of motion exercise programme for infants with CHD. Study design This non-randomised pilot study enrolled 20 neonates following Stage I palliation for single-ventricle physiology. Trained physical therapists administered standardised 15-20-minute passive range of motion protocol, for up to 21 days or until hospital discharge. Safety assessments included vital signs measured before, during, and after the exercise as well as adverse events recorded through the pre-Stage II follow-up. Feasibility was determined by the percent of days that >75% of the passive range of motion protocol was completed.
resultsA total of 20 infants were enrolled (70% males) for the present study. The median age at enrolment was 8 days (with a range from 5 to 23), with a median start of intervention at postoperative day 4 (with a range from 2 to 12). The median hospital length of stay following surgery was 15 days (with a range from 9 to 131), with an average of 13.4 (with a range from 3 to 21) in-hospital days per patient. Completion of >75% of the protocol was achieved on 88% of eligible days. Of 11 adverse events reported in six patients, 10 were expected with one determined to be possibly related to the study intervention. There were no clinically significant changes in vital signs. At pre-Stage II follow-up, weight-for-age z-score (-0.84±1.20) and length-for-age z-score (-0.83±1.31) were higher compared with historical controls from two earlier trials.
conclusionA passive range of motion exercise programme is safe and feasible in infants with single-ventricle physiology. Larger studies are needed to determine the optimal duration of passive range of motion and its effect on somatic growth.
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