Dr. Pat Longmuir is lead author on an important Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, “Promotion of Physical Activity for Children and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease,” that was recently published ahead of print in Circulation. Some of the highlights from the Statement include the following: People born with a heart defect need physical activity. Some irregular heart beat conditions may require activity rest…

Dr. Pat Longmuir, a Junior Scientist at HALO, recently published a new paper, “Recommendations for physical activity, recreation sport, and exercise training in paediatric patients with congenital heart disease: a report from the Exercise, Basic & Translational Research Section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the European Congenital Heart and Lung Exercise Group, and the Association for Euro…

Dr. Pat Longmuir (Junior Research Scientist) was recently awarded a one-year grant worth $30,000 to study physical literacy in children with a medical condition. Below is a brief summary of the grant: Physical Literacy of Children with a Medical Condition: Shifting Our Focus from Survival to Optimal Health Children with a medical condition or limitation are often inactive. Being less active makes it hard for them to enjoy or play with other chil…

Dr. Pat Longmuir, a Junior Research Scientist with HALO, will lead “Healthier CHEO Kids”, an innovative program of clinical service through applied research. By prescribing “exercise as pediatric medicine”, CHEO will be among the first to use the well-known benefits of physical activity and exercise to treat and prevent childhood disease, chronic illness and disability, and promote optimal child health. This evidence-base…

Dr. Pat Longmuir was invited to present her research on physical activity for children with heart problems to the Jubilee Women’s Group on January 9, 2013. Members of the group were particularly interested in the studies that investigated why children with heart problems are very inactive and her work to understand the important social and environmental factors. The Jubilee Women’s Group, which was established in 1967 to mark the 25t…

Dr. Pat Longmuir’s post-doc project, Take TIME, has been named newsmaker of the year by the Times-Journal. Take TIME for Your Child’s Health is a health promotion campaign for parents and caregivers of young children, up to 8 years of age. The campaign emphasizes the importance of TIME – Tobacco free, Injury free, Moving daily, Eating healthy. The goal is to create the ideal community for supporting active healthy lifestyles for young chil…

Dr. Pat Longmuir, a Junior Research Scientist at HALO, was invited to make a presentation to 50-60 parents about healthy active living at the Pacing Buddies family education day at SickKids on Sunday. Pacing Buddies is for children who have pacemakers and implanted defibrillators. Christine Chiu Man who runs the pacing clinic asked me to speak….

HALO hosted Dr. Patricia Longmuir from Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto who provided Research Rounds at the CHEO Research Institute. Her presentation was titled “Beyond Exercise Capacity and Obesity: Treating Childhood Illnesses and Disabilities with Physical Activity.”…

Dr. Pat Longmuir is leading a team of researchers and physical activity professionals who are working to change the health care and recreation delivery systems so that children with complex heart problems can participate in community recreation and physical activity opportunities. The Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport Healthy Communities Fund has provided funding ($63,950) through the SickKids Foundation for a 17-month project that…

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