Physical Activity Among Children With Congenital Heart Defects in Germany: A Nationwide Survey

• Main Authors: Jannos Siaplaouras (Author), Claudia Niessner (Author), Paul C. Helm (Author), Annika Jahn (Author), Markus Flemming (Author), Michael S. Urschitz (Author), Elisabeth Sticker (Author), Hashim Abdul-Khaliq (Author), Ulrike M. Bauer (Author), Christian Apitz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: In children with congenital heart defects (CHD), a sedentary lifestyle should be avoided and usually WHO recommendations on physical activity (PA) are supposed to be followed. In order to obtain representative data of the actual amount of PA (and potential influencing factors) in children...