OBJECTIVE Cohort studies on physical fitness (PF) in former extremely preterm children are scarce and yield conflicting results. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effect of extremely preterm birth… Click to show full abstract
OBJECTIVE
Cohort studies on physical fitness (PF) in former extremely preterm children are scarce and yield conflicting results. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effect of extremely preterm birth on PF in school-age with a focus on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).
METHODS
Eighty school-aged children were enrolled in the longitudinal cohort study. Fifty were born extremely preterm (
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