Exercise after heart transplantation: An overview
Key result
This review summarizes current knowledge on exercise capacity after heart transplantation, highlighting that the optimal type, frequency, and intensity of exercise remain unclear.
Why the study?
Does exercise improve exercise capacity and prognosis in heart transplant recipients?
Population
Heart transplant recipients
Design
Review
Authors
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Implication
May support exercise post-HTx; leaves open optimal type, frequency, and intensity for RCTs.
Structured PICO
Does exercise improve exercise capacity and prognosis in heart transplant recipients?
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Population
Heart transplant recipients
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Intervention
Exercise (including high-intensity interval-based aerobic exercise)
This review emphasizes the gap in current guidelines regarding exercise prescription after heart transplantation and the need to investigate the benefits of high-intensity interval training in this population.
Limitations
- Little is known about the type, frequency and intensity of exercise that provides the greatest health benefits
- Long-term effects of exercise on co-morbidities and survival are unclear
- Up-to-date guidelines on exercise prescription after heart transplantation do not exist
- Whether the effects of high-intensity interval training are applicable to heart transplant populations has not yet been fully established
Cite This Study
Nytrøen et al. (2013) conducted a review in Heart transplantation. Exercise was evaluated. This review summarizes current knowledge on exercise capacity after heart transplantation, highlighting that the optimal type, frequency, and intensity of exercise remain unclear.