{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Skielboe AK"],"funding":["The Danish Heart Foundation"],"pagination":["e0170060"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5322948"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Physical activity at moderate-high intensity is recommended to prevent lifestyle diseases. Patients with atrial fibrillation are at risk of a sedentary lifestyle due to fear of exercise-induced episodes of atrial fibrillation. The burden of arrhythmia can be reduced by physical exercise. The effect of exercise intensity on burden of atrial fibrillation needs to be studied further.<h4>Methods and results</h4>In a 12-week randomized controlled trial, 76 patients with paroxysmal/persistent atrial fibrillation were allocated to perform exercise at either low intensity or high intensity (50% and 80% of maximal perceived exertion, respectively). Primary outcome was burden of AF measured by daily electrocardiography-reporting during 12 weeks. Secondarily, change in maximal oxyg"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Cardiovascular exercise and burden of arrhythmia in patients with atrial fibrillation - A randomized controlled trial."],"pmcid":["PMC5322948"],"funding_grant_id":["14-R97-A5061"],"pubmed_authors":["Mourier M","Skielboe AK","Bandholm TQ","Kallemose T","Dixen U","Hakmann S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Cardiovascular exercise and burden of arrhythmia in patients with atrial fibrillation - A randomized controlled trial.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Physical activity at moderate-high intensity is recommended to prevent lifestyle diseases. Patients with atrial fibrillation are at risk of a sedentary lifestyle due to fear of exercise-induced episodes of atrial fibrillation. The burden of arrhythmia can be reduced by physical exercise. The effect of exercise intensity on burden of atrial fibrillation needs to be studied further.<h4>Methods and results</h4>In a 12-week randomized controlled trial, 76 patients with paroxysmal/persistent atrial fibrillation were allocated to perform exercise at either low intensity or high intensity (50% and 80% of maximal perceived exertion, respectively). Primary outcome was burden of AF measured by daily electrocardiography-reporting during 12 weeks. Secondarily, change in maximal oxyg","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017","modification":"2026-05-30T06:46:14.124Z","creation":"2019-03-26T22:52:55Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5322948","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28231325"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0170060"]}}