Endurance training may improve exercise capacity, lung function and quality of life in Fontan patients.

Autor: Hedlund E; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Lundell B; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) [Acta Paediatr] 2022 Jan; Vol. 111 (1), pp. 17-23. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 02.
DOI: 10.1111/apa.16121
Abstrakt: Children born with univentricular hearts undergo staged surgical procedures to a Fontan circulation. Long-term experience with Fontan palliation has shown dramatically improved survival but also of a life-long burden of an abnormal circulation with significant morbidity. Many Fontan patients have reduced exercise capacity, oxygen uptake, lung function and quality of life. Endurance training may improve submaximal, but not maximal, exercise capacity, lung function and quality of life. Physical activity and endurance training is also positively correlated with sleep quality. Reviewing the literature and from our single-centre experience, we believe there is enough evidence to support structured individualised endurance training in most young Fontan patients.
(© 2021 The Authors. Acta Paediatrica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation Acta Paediatrica.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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