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SynthesisESC heart failure2021

A systematic review of rehabilitation in chronic heart failure: evaluating the reporting of exercise interventions.

Amy E Harwood, Sophie Russell, Nduka C Okwose, Scott McGuire, Djordje G Jakovljevic, Gordon McGregor

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Synthesis in ESC heart failure, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effectiveness and safety of home-basedEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Amy E HarwoodCentre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Science and Health Building, Whitefriars Street, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 2DS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5745-2564
Sophie RussellCentre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Science and Health Building, Whitefriars Street, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 2DS, UK.
Nduka C OkwoseCentre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Science and Health Building, Whitefriars Street, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 2DS, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0145-2538
Scott McGuireCentre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Science and Health Building, Whitefriars Street, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 2DS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6060-651X
Djordje G JakovljevicCentre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Science and Health Building, Whitefriars Street, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 2DS, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2686-6542
Gordon McGregorCentre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Science and Health Building, Whitefriars Street, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 2DS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8963-9107
Coventry University · GBTranslational Research Institute · AUUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A large body of research supports the use of exercise to improve symptoms, quality of life, and physical function in patients with chronic heart failure. Previous reviews have focused on reporting outcomes of exercise interventions such as cardiorespiratory fitness. However, none have critically examined exercise prescription. The aim of this review was to evaluate the reporting and application of exercise principles in randomised control trials of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure. A systematic review of exercise intervention RCTs in patients with CHF, using the Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT), was undertaken. The Ovid Medline/PubMed, Embase, Scopus/Web of Science, and Cochrane Library and Health Technology Assessment Databases were searched from 2000 to June 2020. Prospective RCTs in which patients with CHF were randomized to a structured exercise programme were included. No limits were placed on the type or duration of exercise structured exercise programme or type of CHF (i.e. preserved or reduced ejection fraction). We included 143 studies, comprising of 181 different exercise interventions. The mean CERT score was 10 out of 19, with no study achieving a score of 19. Primarily, details were missing regarding motivational strategies, home-based exercise components, and adherence/fidelity to the intervention. Exercise intensity was the most common principle of exercise prescription missing from intervention reporting. There was no improvement in the reporting of exercise interventions with time (R

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Heart FailureQuality of LifeChronic DiseaseExercise TherapyHumansProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicExercise trainingHeart failureSystematic review

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PMID34235878
PMCPMC8497377
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