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View article: Effect of multimodal home-based prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity in patients undergoing elective cardiac or non-cardiac major surgery: secondary outcomes from a randomised controlled trial
Effect of multimodal home-based prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity in patients undergoing elective cardiac or non-cardiac major surgery: secondary outcomes from a randomised controlled trial Open
Objective To assess physical activity (PA) measured in steps per day in the preoperative period in high-risk cardiac and non-cardiac surgical patients receiving home-based tele-supervised prehabilitation compared to standard of care and to…
View article: Comparison of patient characteristics and health outcomes between self-selected conventional and digitally enhanced cardiac rehabilitation - a prospective cohort study
Comparison of patient characteristics and health outcomes between self-selected conventional and digitally enhanced cardiac rehabilitation - a prospective cohort study Open
Background Data on self-selected modes of delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are limited. This study compared conventional CR (conCR) with digitally enhanced CR (deCR) in terms of patient characteristics, change in physical and mental…
View article: Comparison of patient characteristics and health outcomes between self-selected centre-based cardiac rehabilitation and hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation: a prospective cohort study
Comparison of patient characteristics and health outcomes between self-selected centre-based cardiac rehabilitation and hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation: a prospective cohort study Open
Aims Data on self-selected modes of delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are limited. This study compared centre-based CR (cbCR) with hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation (hCTR) in terms of patient characteristics, change in physical and m…
View article: Excess ventilation and chemosensitivity in patients with inefficient ventilation and chronic coronary syndrome or heart failure: a case–control study
Excess ventilation and chemosensitivity in patients with inefficient ventilation and chronic coronary syndrome or heart failure: a case–control study Open
Background In patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS), increased ventilation/carbon dioxide production ( E / CO 2 ) slope has been found to predict disease progression and mortality, similarly to patients with heart failure (HF); …
View article: Corrigendum: Improved exercise ventilatory efficiency with nasal compared to oral breathing in cardiac patients
Corrigendum: Improved exercise ventilatory efficiency with nasal compared to oral breathing in cardiac patients Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1380562.].
View article: Effect of supervised exercise training on objectively measured physical activity in patients during anthracycline therapy
Effect of supervised exercise training on objectively measured physical activity in patients during anthracycline therapy Open
Introduction: It is unknown what the benefits of cardio-oncologic rehabilitation programmes on cardiorespiratory fitness and cancer fatigue during anthracycline-based chemotherapies (AC) are with supervised exercise training (ET), compared…
View article: Excess ventilation and chemosensitivity in patients with chronic coronary syndrome and patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction – a case control study
Excess ventilation and chemosensitivity in patients with chronic coronary syndrome and patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction – a case control study Open
Background In patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) increased ventilation/carbon dioxide production (V̇ E /V̇CO 2 ) slope has been found to predict disease progression and mortality similarly to patients with heart failure (HF), how…
View article: Timing of cardio-oncological rehabilitation and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients receiving cardiotoxic chemotherapy: a longitudinal observational study
Timing of cardio-oncological rehabilitation and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients receiving cardiotoxic chemotherapy: a longitudinal observational study Open
AIMS: Anthracycline-based chemotherapy has well-known cardiotoxic effects, butmay also cause skeletal muscle myopathy and negatively affect cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life. The effectiveness of exercise training in improving …
View article: Effect of home-based prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity in patients undergoing elective major cardiac and non-cardiac surgery. Data from a randomized controlled trial
Effect of home-based prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity in patients undergoing elective major cardiac and non-cardiac surgery. Data from a randomized controlled trial Open
Background Low functional capacity in patients undergoing major elective surgery is associated with postoperative complications. Prehabilitation aims to increase functional capacity by increasing preoperative physical activity. Low functio…
View article: Chemosensitivity and its association with exercise ventilation inefficiency in patients with chronic coronary syndromes compared to heart failure
Chemosensitivity and its association with exercise ventilation inefficiency in patients with chronic coronary syndromes compared to heart failure Open
Background Inefficient ventilation, namely a high ventilation/carbon dioxide production (VE/VCO2) slope or exertional oscillatory ventilation (EOV) are a well established predictor for disease progression and mortality in patients with chr…
View article: Ventilatory efficiency as a prognostic factor for postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective major surgery: a systematic review
Ventilatory efficiency as a prognostic factor for postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective major surgery: a systematic review Open
PROSPERO (CRD42022369944).
View article: Qualitative assessment of expectations on the content, form and way of delivery of a prehabilitation programme in patients with lung resection surgery – A Swiss tertiary centre experience
Qualitative assessment of expectations on the content, form and way of delivery of a prehabilitation programme in patients with lung resection surgery – A Swiss tertiary centre experience Open
Objective: To assess the interest in a prehabilitation programme of patients awaiting lung resection and to identify expectations from such a programme. Introduction: At present, in Switzerland, there are no multimodal clinical prehabilita…
View article: Supervised exercise training in patients with cancer during anthracycline-based chemotherapy to mitigate cardiotoxicity: a randomized-controlled-trial
Supervised exercise training in patients with cancer during anthracycline-based chemotherapy to mitigate cardiotoxicity: a randomized-controlled-trial Open
Background Exercise training (ET) has been shown to mitigate cardiotoxicity of anthracycline-based chemotherapies (AC) in animal models. Data from randomized controlled trials in patients with cancer are sparse. Methods Patients with breas…
View article: Effect of exercise training on cardiorespiratory fitness, quality of life and objectively measured physical activity in patients undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy: the Caprice RCT
Effect of exercise training on cardiorespiratory fitness, quality of life and objectively measured physical activity in patients undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy: the Caprice RCT Open
Introduction Exercise training based cardio-oncologic rehabilitation programmes (ET) were shown to counteract the loss in cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life (QoL) and reduce cancer fatigue during anthracycline-based chemotherapi…
View article: Comparison of ventilatory parameters with nasal versus oral breathing during submaximal exercise in patients with cardiac disease and healthy people
Comparison of ventilatory parameters with nasal versus oral breathing during submaximal exercise in patients with cardiac disease and healthy people Open
Introduction Inefficient ventilation, namely a high ventilation/carbon dioxide production ratio (VE/VCO2) is a well established predictor for disease progression and mortality in patients with heart failure (HF). Two previous studies in he…
View article: Breathing pattern and pulmonary gas exchange in elderly patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction—modification with exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and prognostic value
Breathing pattern and pulmonary gas exchange in elderly patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction—modification with exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and prognostic value Open
Background Inefficient ventilation is an established prognostic marker in patients with heart failure. It is not known whether inefficient ventilation is also linked to poor prognosis in patients with left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) but…
View article: Breathing pattern and pulmonary gas exchange in elderly patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction - modification with exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and prognostic value
Breathing pattern and pulmonary gas exchange in elderly patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction - modification with exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and prognostic value Open
Aims In elderly patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) we compared ventilatory parameters from before to after exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (exCR) and assessed their prognostic value for major adverse cardiov…
View article: Supervised exercise training in patients with cancer during anthracycline-based chemotherapy to mitigate cardiotoxicity - a randomized controlled trial.
Supervised exercise training in patients with cancer during anthracycline-based chemotherapy to mitigate cardiotoxicity - a randomized controlled trial. Open
Background Exercise training (ET) has been shown to mitigate cardiotoxicity of anthracycline-based chemotherapies (AC) in animal models. Data from randomized controlled trials in patients with cancer are sparse. Methods Patients with breas…
View article: Multimodal prehabilitation for major surgery in elderly patients to lower complications: protocol of a randomised, prospective, multicentre, multidisciplinary trial (PREHABIL Trial)
Multimodal prehabilitation for major surgery in elderly patients to lower complications: protocol of a randomised, prospective, multicentre, multidisciplinary trial (PREHABIL Trial) Open
Introduction The global volume of surgery is growing and the population ageing, and economic pressure is rising. Major surgery is associated with relevant morbidity and mortality. Postoperative reduction in physiological and functional cap…
View article: Breathing patterns and ventilatory efficiency in elderly cardiac patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction before and after exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: the EU-CaRE study
Breathing patterns and ventilatory efficiency in elderly cardiac patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction before and after exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: the EU-CaRE study Open
Introduction Coronary artery disease (CAD) may progress to left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) and chronic heart failure. A reduced ventilatory efficiency in these patients is associated with worse outcome. However, breathing patterns at re…
View article: Prognostic impact of physical activity patterns after percutaneous coronary intervention. Protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort. The PIPAP study
Prognostic impact of physical activity patterns after percutaneous coronary intervention. Protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort. The PIPAP study Open
Introduction Current guidelines recommend wearable activity trackers to detect insufficient physical activity (PA) and help increase PA to prevent or ameliorate cardiovascular disease. However, there is a paucity of data regarding how obje…
View article: Objectively measured adherence to physical activity among patients with coronary artery disease: Comparison of the 2010 and 2020 World Health Organization guidelines and daily steps
Objectively measured adherence to physical activity among patients with coronary artery disease: Comparison of the 2010 and 2020 World Health Organization guidelines and daily steps Open
Background Tailored recommendations for patients after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) need physical activity (PA) to be objectively measured and assessed for adherence to guidelines. The recent WHO guidelines removed the daily r…
View article: Effect of a physical activity intervention on lower body bone health in childhood cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial (<scp>SURfit</scp>)
Effect of a physical activity intervention on lower body bone health in childhood cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial (<span>SURfit</span>) Open
It remains controversial whether physical activity promotes bone health in childhood cancer survivors (CCS). We aimed to assess the effect of a one‐year general exercise intervention on lower body bone parameters of CCS. CCS ≥16 years at e…
View article: Time-Dependent Effect of Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy on Central Arterial Stiffness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Time-Dependent Effect of Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy on Central Arterial Stiffness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Background and Aims Anthracycline-based chemotherapy (ANTH-BC) has been proposed to increase arterial stiffness, however, the time-dependency of these effects remain unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate th…
View article: Short- and Long-Term Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training vs. Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients Early After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction—The HIIT-EARLY Randomized Controlled Trial
Short- and Long-Term Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training vs. Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients Early After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction—The HIIT-EARLY Randomized Controlled Trial Open
Aim Due to insufficient evidence on the safety and effectiveness of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in patients early after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), we aimed to compare short- and long-term effects of ran…
View article: Qualitative analysis of facilitators and barriers to centre- and home-based exercise training in breast cancer patients - a Swiss tertiary centre experience
Qualitative analysis of facilitators and barriers to centre- and home-based exercise training in breast cancer patients - a Swiss tertiary centre experience Open
BACKGROUND: Exercise is an effective therapy for breast cancer patients to reduce fatigue and to improve health-related quality of life and physical function. Yet breast cancer patients often do not meet the recommended physical activity g…
View article: Comparison of the 2010 and 2020 World Health Organization guidelines on physical activity in patients with percutaneous coronary interventions early after hospital discharge
Comparison of the 2010 and 2020 World Health Organization guidelines on physical activity in patients with percutaneous coronary interventions early after hospital discharge Open
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Swiss heart foundation Background Physical activity (PA) is inversely associated with mortality and adverse outcome in patients with cardiovascular disea…
View article: Facilitators and barriers to centre- and home-based exercise training in breast cancer patients - a swiss tertiary centre experience
Facilitators and barriers to centre- and home-based exercise training in breast cancer patients - a swiss tertiary centre experience Open
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Swiss Cancer Research Background Exercise is an effective therapy for cancer patients to reduce fatigue and to improve health…
View article: Young endurance training starting age in non-elite athletes is associated with higher proximal aortic distensibility
Young endurance training starting age in non-elite athletes is associated with higher proximal aortic distensibility Open
Objective Decreased proximal aortic distensibility (AD) is known to significantly predict all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events among individuals without overt cardiovascular disease. This cross-sectional study investigated the ass…
View article: Validation of open-source step-counting algorithms for wrist-worn tri-axial accelerometers in cardiovascular patients
Validation of open-source step-counting algorithms for wrist-worn tri-axial accelerometers in cardiovascular patients Open
Both algorithms provided accurate results for estimation of step counts in a controlled setting of a cardiovascular patient population. The quantification of daily number of steps recorded by wrist-worn accelerometers delivering raw data a…