Six-Minute Walking Test to Assess Exercise Tolerance and Cardiorespiratory Responses During Training Program in Children With Congenital Heart Disease

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 756-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Moalla ◽  
R. Gauthier ◽  
Y. Maingourd ◽  
S. Ahmaidi
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Exercise Tolerance ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Walking Test ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Responses

Physical self-concept and its link to cardiopulmonary exercise tolerance among adolescents with mild congenital heart disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Wen Chen ◽  
Wen-Jen Su ◽  
Jou-Kou Wang ◽  
Hsiao-Ling Yang ◽  
Yueh-Tao Chiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Exercise Tolerance ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Cardiopulmonary Exercise

scholarly journals The Effects of Physical Inactivity and Exercise at Home in Young Patients with Congenital Heart Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10065
Author(s):  
Federica Gentili ◽  
Giulia Cafiero ◽  
Marco Alfonso Perrone ◽  
Massimiliano Bianco ◽  
Annamaria Salvati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Exercise Tolerance ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Stress Test ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Test Duration ◽  
At Home

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the population’s ability to be physically active. Purpose: Evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 mitigation measures on exercise tolerance in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Materials and methods: All subjects (880, 6–18 years old) who performed a stress test at our hospital from October 2020 to February 2021 and had a similar test one year earlier were enrolled. A questionnaire on the degree of physical activity carried out in 2020 concerning the period prior to the pandemic was compiled. Exercise tolerance and the main anthropometric parameters between the first and second tests were compared. Results: 110 subjects (11.9 ± 4.1 years) were included in the study. The percentage of patients engaged in regular physical activity (RPA) decreased significantly during the pandemic (p < 0.001), and BMI increased significantly (p < 0.001), except among the subjects who began RPA during the lockdown, whereas test duration did not decrease significantly overall but increased in this last subgroup (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The COVID-19 lockdown led to a less active lifestyle with a significant increase in BMI in our group of CHD. These data could have negative effects on the risk profile of this population. RPA practiced at home seems to be effective in counteracting such effects.

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