A comparison of walking performance between individuals with and without asymptomatic peripheral artery disease using the six-minute walk test and the incremental shuttle walk test.

Objective: Two walking tests including the six-minute walk test (6MWT) and the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) are widely used to evaluate functional ability in individuals with disease conditions. However, it remains unclear whether these walking tests effectively manifest clinical impairment in individuals with asymptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD). We aimed (i) to compare the walking performance of individuals with and without asymptomatic PAD using the 6MWT and ISWT, and (ii) to investigate the correlation between ankle-brachial index and toe-brachial index (ABI-TBI) and the walking distance.

Effects of Exercise Rehabilitation on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Long-COVID-19 Survivors: A Meta-Analysis.

: Poor cardiorespiratory fitness poses the highest risk of mortality. Long-COVID-19 survivors exhibit a reduced cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). While exercise rehabilitation, such as cardiopulmonary exercise, is used for long-COVID-19 survivors, the effects of exercise on CRF in this population remain inconclusive.

Immediate Effects of Aerobic Exercise and Whole-Body Vibration on Fat Oxidation, Lipid Mobilization, and Cardiovascular Response in Individuals with Obesity.

Among obesity, cumulative fat and poor physical activity are risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Due to the limit in performing aerobic exercise (AER), whole-body vibration (WBV) as a passive form of exercise is an alternative therapeutic strategy. Herein, this study aimed to compare the immediate effects of AER and WBV on metabolic and cardiovascular responses, and dyspnea level in obesity.

Long-term impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on cardiorespiratory fitness: a meta-analysis.

Background: Despite surviving Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), its long-term impact is of concern. Low cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong predictor of all-cause mortality, and likely affected by multisystem impairments following COVID-19 infection. Accumulating evidence has identified the impact of COVID-19 on cardiorespiratory fitness level.

Influences of age and gender on operative risks following carotid endarterectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: This review aims to undertake a comprehensive review of the literature and investigate associations of age and gender on 30 days post carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and up to 5 years post CEA stroke, death, and combined stroke and death.

Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: Three main electronic databases including the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, and Embase were searched from their inception to July 2022.

The Effect of Standard Compression Adjuvant with a Tailored Exercise Training Program on Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Treating Adults with Venous Leg Ulcer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Exercise training adjuvant to standard compression is considered to improve calf muscle pump dysfunction in venous leg ulcer (VLU) and subsequent healing. The objectives of this trial were to assess the effectiveness of a tailored exercise training intervention in addition to standard compression therapy on health-related quality of life and anticipating wound healing. Twenty-four VLU participants were recruited and randomly divided into 2 groups.

Associations between maternal plasma zinc concentrations in late pregnancy and LINE-1 and Alu methylation loci in the young adult offspring.

Background: In animal models, prenatal zinc deficiency induced epigenetic changes in the fetus, but data in humans are lacking. We aimed to examine associations between maternal zinc levels during pregnancy and DNA methylation in LINE-1 and Alu repetitive sequences in young adult offspring, as well as anthropometry and cardiometabolic parameters.

Methods: Participants were 74 pregnant women from the Chiang Mai Low Birth Weight cohort, and their offspring followed up at 20 years of age.

Upper limb exercise for arteriovenous fistula maturation in people requiring permanent haemodialysis access.

Background: The failure of arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) to mature is a major problem in patients with kidney failure who require haemodialysis (HD). Preoperative planning is an important factor in increasing functional AVF. Upper limb exercise has been recommended to gain AVF maturation.

Routine or selective carotid artery shunting for carotid endarterectomy (and different methods of monitoring in selective shunting).

Background: Temporary interruption of cerebral blood flow during carotid endarterectomy can be avoided by using a shunt across the clamped section of the carotid artery. The shunt may improve the outcome. This is an update of a Cochrane review originally published in 1996 and previously updated in 2002, 2009, and 2014.

The Ability of Clinical Decision Rules to Detect Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Narrative Review.

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common cause of lower extremity wound. Consequently, PAD leads to a cause of leg amputation nowadays, especially in diabetic patients. In general practice (GP), confrontation with PAD prevention is a challenge.

Association of cardio-ankle vascular index and future major adverse cardiovascular events in older adults living with HIV.

Increased arterial stiffness is an indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death in the general population. The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) is a novel method for measuring arterial stiffness. This study investigated the utility of CAVI as a prognostic indicator of CVD and death in older adults living with HIV(OALHIV).

Exercise Training as an Adjunctive Therapy for Chronic Venous Insufficiency Patients: Evidence from Research to Practice.

Chronic venous insufficiency, which is defined as a condition relevant to persistent ambulatory venous hypertension, is a common cause of venous leg ulcers. Compression therapy is commonly used to relieve ambulatory venous hypertension and heal leg ulcers. Exercise is considered as adjunctive therapy, targeting calf muscle pump function, to additionally favor the compression treatment for facilitating the healing process.

Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy.

Background: Carotid endarterectomy may significantly reduce the risk of stroke in people with recently symptomatic, severe carotid artery stenosis. However, there are significant perioperative risks that may be minimised by performing the operation under local rather than general anaesthetics. This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in 1996, and previously updated in 2004, 2008, and 2013.

A randomized controlled trial of the effect of postoperative hand exercise training on arteriovenous fistula maturation in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Objective: Immature arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a critical problem in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) after creation. Exercise with 30% maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) encourages vascular functions in other populations. It is unknown which exercise type is superior on maturation in the CKD population.

Effectiveness of combined conventional treatment with a tailored exercise training program on wound healing in patients with venous leg ulcer: A randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Venous leg ulcer (VLU) is a therapeutic challenge. The mainstay of care is compression therapy and wound care. Exercise is also recommended for facilitating wound healing.

Agreement between physical and ultrasound examination for arteriovenous fistula maturation diagnostics in Thai hemodialysis patients.

Introduction: Physical examination (PE) is used to determine if arteriovenous fistula (AVF) meets criteria for first hemodialysis (HD) cannulation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) with HD patients. Three ultrasound (US) based criteria are adopted to investigate maturation: : blood flow ⩾600 milliliters per minute (mL/min), vein diameter ⩾6 millimeters (mm), vein depth ⩽6 mm); : blood flow ⩾500 mL/min, vein diameter ⩾5 mm, vein depth ⩽6 mm; : blood flow ⩾500 mL/min, vein diameter ⩾4 mm, vein depth ⩽6 mm. In Thai, no study determined optimal US criteria for predicting AVF maturation measured by PE before first cannulation.

A systematic review with meta-analysis of the effects of arm exercise training programs on arteriovenous fistula maturation among people with chronic kidney disease.

This study systematically reviewed the evidence and quantified the effectiveness of arm exercise training programs, before and after arteriovenous fistula (AVF) operation on AVF maturation, among people with chronic kidney disease. Scopus, CINAHL, PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, and reference lists were searched. Experimental studies that investigated the effect of arm exercise before and post-operation on AVF maturations were included.