Effects of sports, exercise training, and physical activity in children with congenital heart disease—a review of the published evidence

SK Dold, NA Haas, C Apitz - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Children and adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD) should be encouraged to
adopt a physically active lifestyle, ideally by participating in sports activities at school and …

Childhood and adolescence physical activity and multimorbidity later in life: A systematic review

L Souilla, AC Larsen, CB Juhl… - … of Multimorbidity and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background No systematic summary exists on childhood physical activity and later-life
multimorbidity risks. We primarily investigated the association of physical activity in …

Early hybrid cardiac rehabilitation in congenital heart disease: the QUALIREHAB trial

P Amedro, A Gavotto, H Huguet, L Souilla… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Cardiopulmonary fitness in congenital heart disease (CHD)
decreases faster than in the general population resulting in impaired health-related quality …

[HTML][HTML] Similarities and differences in the neurodevelopmental outcome of children with congenital heart disease and children born very preterm at school entry

FM Wehrle, T Bartal, M Adams, D Bassler… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To describe the similarities and differences in the neurodevelopmental outcome of
children with congenital heart disease (CHD) undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery …

Digital Health Nudging to increase physical activity in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease: a randomized controlled trial

L Willinger, R Oberhoffer-Fritz, P Ewert, J Müller - American Heart Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Digital nudging is a modern e-health approach to increase physical activity (PA)
in younger age groups. As activity promotion is particularly important in adolescents with …

A systematic review of early motor interventions for infants with congenital heart disease and open-heart surgery

R Kaeslin, B Latal, E Mitteregger - Systematic reviews, 2023 - Springer
Background Motor development delay is the first neurodevelopmental impairment that
becomes apparent in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). Early interventions have …

Parental experience of the neuromotor development of children with congenital heart disease: an exploratory qualitative study

E Mitteregger, M Wehrli, M Theiler, J Logoteta, I Nast… - bmc Pediatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Children with severe congenital heart disease (CHD) are a group of children at
risk for neurodevelopmental impairments. Motor development is the first domain to show a …

Physical activity in children and adolescents with CHD: review from a measurement methodological perspective

P Skovdahl, CK Olofsson, D Arvidsson - Cardiology in the Young, 2021 - cambridge.org
Aim: To compile a literature overview of physical activity in children with CHD and to critically
evaluate the methodology used for physical activity assessment. Methods: A review of the …

Effects of 6-month customized home-based exercise on motor development, bone strength, and parental stress in children with simple congenital heart disease: a …

Q Du, X Li, Z Wang, S Chen, X Zhang, J Liang, H Guo… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background New “noncardiac” problems in children with congenital heart disease (CHD),
such as developmental delay or long-term neurodevelopmental impairments, have attracted …

The discovery of a data-driven causal diagram of sport participation in children and adolescents with heart disease: a pilot study

JS Gąsior, M Młyńczak, CA Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The interventions aimed at improving the levels of physical activity (PA) in children and
adolescents diagnosed with heart disease did not produce the expected outcomes. Safe …