Exercise capacity, daily activity, and severity of fatigue in term born young adults after neonatal respiratory failure

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 144 - 151
• Main Authors: van der Cammen-van Zijp, M. H. M., Spoel, M., Laas, R., Hop, W. C. J., de Jongste, J. C., Tibboel, D., van den Berg-Emons, R. J. G., IJsselstijn, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Accelerometry; Adult; Adults; Capacity; Case-Control Studies; congenital diaphragmatic hernia; daily activity; Exercise; Exercise Test; exercise testing; Exercise Tolerance - physiology; Fatigue; Fatigue - physiopathology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - complications; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - physiopathology; Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; Humans; intensive care; Male; Motor Activity - physiology; Neonatal care; Oxygen Consumption - physiology; participation; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - etiology; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - physiopathology; Respiratory Function Tests; Survivors; Young Adult; Young adults; participation; congenital diaphragmatic hernia; exercise testing; fatigue; intensive care; daily activity

Little is known about long‐term effects of neonatal intensive care on exercise capacity, physical activity, and fatigue in term borns. We determined these outcomes in 57 young adults, treated for neonatal respiratory failure; 27 of them had congenital diaphragmatic hernia with lung hypoplasia (group...