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November 1, 1981PEDIATRICS

Effect of Physical Training on Exercise Performance of Children Following Surgical Repair of Congenital Heart Disease

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Why the study?

Does a six-week physical training program improve exercise performance in children following surgical repair of congenital heart disease?

Population

n=26 children following surgical repair of congenital heart disease

Comparison

Six-week alternate day submaximal interval home… vs Baseline (pre-training) performance

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

6 weeks

Authors

BGBarry GoldbergGreat Lakes NeuroTechnologies (United States)RFRaymond R. FrippUniversity of California, San DiegoGLGeorge ListerOxford Research Group

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Implication

Supports short-term home exercise post-pediatric CHD repair; hypothesis-generating and requires RCT confirmation before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does a six-week physical training program improve exercise performance in children following surgical repair of congenital heart disease?

P
Population
n=26 children following surgical repair of congenital heart disease (16 with tetralogy of Fallot, 10 with ventricular septal defect)
I
Intervention
Six-week alternate day submaximal interval home exercise program of varying duration and intensity (work loads at 50%, 60%, and 70% maximum oxygen consumption to maintain heart rates between 130 and 160 beats per minute)
C
Comparator
Baseline (pre-training) performance
O
Outcome
Maximum work capacitysurrogate

A six-week home exercise program significantly improves maximum work capacity and aerobic efficiency in children after surgical repair of congenital heart disease.

Cite This Study

Goldberg et al. (1981) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7100e9f44fa9f079dec3d0https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.68.5.691

Topics

Congenital heart disease adults
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