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ReviewClinical cardiology2020

Exercise: The ultimate treatment to all ailments?

Alexandros Kasiakogias, Sanjay Sharma

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Review in Clinical cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Endothelial dysfunction as a factor leading to arterial hypertension.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2023
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  8. Arrhythmogenesis of Sports: Myth or Reality?Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandros KasiakogiasCardiology Clinical and Academic Group, St George's University of London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1090-4965
Sanjay SharmaCardiology Clinical and Academic Group, St George's University of London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3630-6138
St George's, University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extensive clinical research has provided robust evidence that exercise is a cost-effective measure to substantially alleviate the burden of a large number of diseases, many of which belong to the cardiovascular (CV) spectrum. In terms of cardiac benefit, the positive effects of exercise are attributed to improvements in standard risk factors for atherosclerosis, as well as to its positive impact on several pathophysiological mechanisms for CV diseases. For secondary prevention, exercise, optimally in the context of a cardiac rehabilitation program, has been shown to improve functional capacity and survival. Clinicians should encourage physical activity and provide exercise recommendations for all patients, taking into consideration any underlying pathology. In the present review, the benefits of exercise for the prevention and treatment of major CV risk factors and heart conditions are analyzed.

Indexed as

Cardiac RehabilitationCardiovascular DiseasesExerciseExercise TherapyHumansSecondary Preventioncardiovascular diseasefitnessphysical activitysedentary

Identifiers

PMID32506511
PMCPMC7403692
OpenAlexW3033397634

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Registered trials

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