Poor physical activity levels and cardiorespiratory fitness among patients with childhood-onset takayasu arteritis in remission: a cross‐sectional, multicenter study

• Main Authors: Camilla Astley (Author), Saulo Gil (Author), Gleice Clemente (Author), Maria Teresa Terreri (Author), Clovis Artur Silva (Author), Lucia Maria Arruda Campos (Author), Nadia Emi Aikawa (Author), Ana Lúcia de Sá Pinto (Author), Rosa Maria R. Pereira (Author), Hamilton Roschel (Author), Bruno Gualano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background It is currently unknown whether patients with childhood-onset Takayasu disease (c-TA) are prone to physical inactivity and poor aerobic capacity. In this study, we assessed physical activity levels and cardiorespiratory fitness along with health-related quality of life (HRQL) and...