Review
Rehabilitation
Natasha Machado, Matthew Wingfield, Sharon Kramer, John Olver, Gavin Williams, Liam Johnson
Summary: People with stroke can maintain improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness in the short-, medium-, and long-term after a cardiorespiratory fitness intervention. However, little is known about the impact of participant and intervention characteristics on the long-term maintenance of cardiorespiratory fitness.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Arthur Ney Alves Donato, Aline Josiane Waclawovsky, Lais Tonello, Joseph Firth, Lee Smith, Brendon Stubbs, Felipe Barreto Schuch, Daniel Boullosa
Summary: Higher cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower depressive symptoms in children and adolescents, indicating the importance of physical activity and exercise interventions for promoting mental health in this population. Further studies should focus on objective measures of aerobic fitness and body composition, while controlling for puberty status, to better understand this relationship.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Paulina Ibacache-Saavedra, Daniel Jerez-Mayorga, Alejandro Carretero-Ruiz, Claudia Miranda-Fuentes, Marcelo Cano-Cappellacci, Enrique G. Artero
Summary: Bariatric surgery may lead to a decrease in absolute VO2max/peak in the short term, while relative VO2max/peak to body weight may increase. More high-quality studies are needed to evaluate the impact of surgery on cardiorespiratory fitness.
Article
Neurosciences
Inger A. Deijle, Erwin E. H. Van Wegen, Renske M. van den Berg-vos, Gert Kwakkel
Summary: Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom among patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke. Decreased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with increased severity of post-stroke fatigue (PSF) in stroke patients. However, the association between PSF and CRF in TIA or minor stroke patients is less studied, and there is no proven treatment for PSF.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Busaba Chuatrakoon, Supatcha Konghakote, Piangkwan Sa-nguanmoo, Sothida Nantakool
Summary: The aim of this study was to systematically summarize and synthesize the impact of COVID-19 on cardiorespiratory fitness in survivors. The analysis of 7 studies revealed that COVID-19 survivors had poorer cardiorespiratory fitness, especially in older age groups and those with severe symptoms. However, there is considerable uncertainty in the certainty of evidence.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Byron C. Jaeger, Cora E. Lewis, Stephen Sidney, Erin E. Dooley, Mercedes R. Carnethon, David R. Jacobs, Bjoern Hornikel, Jared P. Reis, Pamela J. Schreiner, JamesM. Shikany, Kara M. Whitaker, Alexander Arynchyn, Barbara Sternfeld
Summary: This study found that higher early-adulthood cardiorespiratory fitness and greater retention of early-adulthood cardiorespiratory fitness throughout midlife were associated with a lower risk of premature death and CVD events.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Farah Al-Huda, Gabriel D. Shapiro, Margie H. Davenport, Mariane Bertagnolli, Natalie Dayan
Summary: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with future cardiovascular disease (CVD), which may be mediated by diminished cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). This systematic review and meta-analysis summarize evidence linking CRF with HDP before, during, and after pregnancy. The findings suggest that CRF can identify women at risk for HDP, and that HDP may have a negative impact on a woman's cardiorespiratory reserve.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shanhu Qiu, Xue Cai, Zilin Sun, Tongzhi Wu, Uwe Schumann
Summary: This meta-analysis and dose-response analysis study found that estimated cardiorespiratory fitness (eCRF) is negatively associated with the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, showing linear relationships and outperforming its components in discriminating future mortality risk, although slightly lower than exercise testing-measured CRF.
Review
Sport Sciences
Ana Myriam Lavin-Perez, Daniel Collado-Mateo, Xian Mayo, Liam Humphreys, Gary Liguori, Robert James Copeland, Fernando Del Villar Alvarez, Alfonso Jimenez
Summary: High-intensity training has significant effects on improving cardiorespiratory fitness in cancer patients, especially for those who start exercising before treatment and have interventions lasting longer than eight weeks.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Ilse J. Blokland, Floor P. Groot, Nadine H. G. Logt, Coen A. M. van Bennekom, Jos J. de Koning, Jaap H. van Dieen, Han Houdijk
Summary: This study aimed to provide reference values of cardiorespiratory fitness for individuals post-stroke in clinical rehabilitation and to explore characteristics associated with cardiorespiratory fitness post-stroke. The results showed that age, sex, beta-blocker medication, body mass index, and motor ability were related to lower cardiorespiratory fitness.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Review
Oncology
Alejandro Heredia-Ciuro, Manuel Fernandez-Sanchez, Javier Martin-Nunez, Andres Calvache-Mateo, Janet Rodriguez-Torres, Laura Lopez-Lopez, Marie Carmen Valenza
Summary: This study evaluated the exercise intervention focused on high-intensity interval training in lung cancer survivors, showing a beneficial effect of HIIT in improving cardiorespiratory fitness, especially in early stages of lung cancer patients. However, due to limitations such as the small number of studies and heterogeneity in patient stages and subtypes, caution should be taken when interpreting the conclusions.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Thomas F. F. Smart, Brett Doleman, Jacob Hatt, Melanie Paul, Suzanne Toft, Jonathan N. Lund, Bethan E. Phillips
Summary: Resistance exercise training (RET) can improve cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in older adults, leading to overall improved health outcomes.
Review
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Rafaela Almeida Goncalves Pessoa, Lais Campos de Oliveira, Gleice Beatriz Batista Vitor, Raphael Goncalves de Oliveira
Summary: A systematic review found that Pilates exercises have a positive impact on cardiorespiratory fitness. The effects are significant when Pilates is performed for at least 1440 minutes and are similar regardless of the form of Pilates application. However, the low quality of evidence calls for cautious interpretation of the results.
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
(2023)
Review
Neuroimaging
Suzan Maleki, Joshua Hendrikse, Yann Chye, Karen Caeyenberghs, James P. Coxon, Stuart Oldham, Chao Suo, Murat Yucel
Summary: This article presents a systematic review of studies that investigated the relationship between physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and exercise (PACE) and white matter (WM) in healthy adults using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The findings reveal positive associations between PACE and global WM volume, WM anomalies, and local microstructure integrity. Higher levels of PACE are associated with improved WM volume and integrity. These findings have important implications for understanding and preserving WM across the lifespan.
BRAIN IMAGING AND BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Review
Rehabilitation
Vicky Girard, Hubert Bellavance-Tremblay, Gabrielle Gaudet-Drouin, Genevieve Lessard, Myriam Dupont, Marie-Andree Gagnon, Armelle M. Ngueleu, Stephane Mandigout, Charles Sebiyo Batcho
Summary: This systematic review aimed to determine the current level of cardiopulmonary strain during rehabilitation sessions in stroke patients. The results indicated that the intensity of rehabilitation sessions may not be sufficient to induce a cardiopulmonary training effect in a post-stroke context, with patients spending a substantial amount of time inactive during therapy sessions.
ANNALS OF PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE
(2021)
