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The EPICure study: maximal exercise and physical activity in school children born extremely preterm Liam Welsh, Jane Kirkby, Sooky Lum, et al. Thorax 2010 65: 165-172 originally published online December 8, 2009
doi: 10.1136/thx.2008.107474
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Paediatrics
The EPICure study: maximal exercise and physical activity in school children born extremely preterm Liam Welsh,1 Jane Kirkby,1 Sooky Lum,1 Dolf Odendaal,2 Neil Marlow,3 Graham Derrick,2 Janet Stocks,1 for the EPICure Study Group < Supplementary figures, tables
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Portex Unit: Respiratory Medicine and Physiology, UCL, Institute of Child Health, London, UK 2Cardiac Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK 3School of Human Development, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Received 11 September 2008 Accepted 14 October 2009 Published Online First 8 December 2009
ABSTRACT Rationale Evidence regarding exercise capacity and physical activity in children born extremely preterm (EP) is limited. Since survivors remain at high risk for developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and longterm pulmonary sequelae, reductions in exercise capacity and activity levels may be present. Objectives To compare maximal exercise ventilation characteristics and physical activity levels at 11 years of age in children born EP (
