Patients with Kawasaki Disease Have Significantly Low Aerobic Metabolism Capacity and Peak Exercise Load Capacity during Adolescence.

ABSTRACT: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a childhood illness causing blood vessel inflammation. Children with KD have similar cardiopulmonary function to healthy children, but lower moderate-to-vigorous activity and exercise self-efficacy-possibly harming their cardiopulmonary function in adolescence. The purpose of this study is to investigate the cardiopulmonary function, exercise behaviors, exercise motivations, and self-efficacy of adolescents who once had KD. adolescents who once had KD and adolescents matched to the KD group in age and sex were enrolled. The cardiopulmonary exercise test was used to assess cardiopulmonary function. Weekly exercise behavior, exercise motivation, and self-efficacy were assessed with questionnaires. this study recruited 50 and 30 participants, respectively, to the KD a

SUBMITTER: Yang TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7696143 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature