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. 2020 Jun 2;9(6):1689. doi: 10.3390/jcm9061689

Table 2.

Eligibility criteria for study inclusion and exclusion.

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
Full-length original article, data and brief report Meeting abstract, conference paper, study
protocol
Human study: diagnosed PAH (PH Group 1) Human study: PH Group 2–5 (≥30% of the cohort) and healthy population
patients (≥70% of the cohort) Animal study: hypoxia-induced PH, SuHx
Animal study: MCT-induced PAH rat model, PAB mouse model
ET: aerobic (light, moderate and high intensity) ET: coordination, flexibility and exclusive
and anaerobic (strength) respiratory muscle training
Chronic ET (≥2 weeks) Acute ET (<2 weeks)
Age ≥ 18 years (human) Age ≤ 18 years (human)

ET, exercise training; MCT, monocrotaline; PAB, pulmonary artery pressure; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; PH, pulmonary hypertension; SuHx, Sugen-Hypoxia.