Journal article
Exercise Capacity in Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine exercise capacity in youth with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
STUDY DESIGN: Eleven males and eight females with CD and six males and four females with UC participated. Patients performed standard exercise tests to assess peak power (PP) and mean power (MP) and peak aerobic mechanical power (W(peak)) and peak oxygen uptake (VO(2peak)). Fitness variables were compared with reference data and also …
Authors
Ploeger HE; Takken T; Wilk B; Issenman RM; Sears R; Suri S; Timmons BW
Journal
The Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 158, No. 5, pp. 814–819
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.10.020
ISSN
0022-3476