ArticleScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2021
The importance of ventilatory thresholds to define aerobic exercise intensity in cardiac patients and healthy subjects.
Article in Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07792642 (FITME Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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FITME Study: Formulating Individualised Exercise Prescription in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Unlocking high-intensity performance thresholds through ventilatory signatures in the ECG.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Non-invasive prediction of the first ventilatory threshold in Chinese patients with chronic heart failure for personalized exercise prescription.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Submaximal measures of fitness and left ventricular size: associations and utility in differentiating physiological and pathological enlargement.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2026Article
- Prehypertension in young physically active adults: early vascular alterations and implications for exercise-intensity prescription.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Case Report: Integrated cardiovascular and respiratory training as a novel therapeutic approach in a case of painful left bundle branch block.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
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- Cognitive correlates of human endurance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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13 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough structured exercise training is strongly recommended in cardiac patients, uncertainties exist about the methods for determining exercise intensity (EI) and their correspondence with effective EI obtained by ventilatory thresholds. We aimed to determine the first (VT
methodsWe prospectively enrolled 350 subjects (mean age: 50.7±12.9 years; 167 cardiac patients, 150 healthy sedentary subjects, and 33 competitive endurance athletes). Each subject underwent ECG, echocardiography, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The percentages of peak VO
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conclusionsEI definition based on percentages of peak HR and peak VO
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