QUALIREHAB Supports New Frontiers Research Topic on Pediatric Rehabilitation

The QUALIREHAB team is proud to support a new Research Topic launched in Frontiers, one of the world's leading open-access scientific publishers, dedicated to Exercise, Rehabilitation and Cardiovascular Health in Children and Young Adults with Chronic Disease.

This Research Topic represents an important opportunity for the international scientific community to contribute to a rapidly growing field. It welcomes original research articles, systematic reviews, clinical trials and perspective pieces from researchers and clinicians working across pediatric cardiology, exercise medicine, rehabilitation science, physical activity, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and preventive cardiology.

Why this matters

Despite significant advances in pediatric medicine, structured exercise and rehabilitation programs for children and young adults with chronic conditions remain rare and underresearched. The gap between what we know, that physical activity is beneficial and that deconditioning is harmful, and what is actually available to young patients in clinical practice remains wide.

Research Topics like this one play a key role in accelerating progress. By bringing together the best available evidence in one dedicated collection, they help clinicians, policymakers and researchers identify what works, what needs further investigation, and how validated models like QUALIREHAB can be adapted, scaled and implemented across different diseases and healthcare systems.

Who should submit

The Research Topic is open to contributions from all professionals working in related fields, including pediatric and congenital cardiologists, exercise physiologists and sports medicine specialists, physiotherapists and rehabilitation specialists, neuropsychologists and mental health professionals, primary care physicians and public health researchers, and patient advocates and implementation scientists.

How to submit

Researchers interested in contributing can access the Research Topic directly via the Frontiers platform. The QUALIREHAB team encourages submissions that advance the evidence base for pediatric rehabilitation, particularly studies focusing on hybrid models, cardiopulmonary fitness, health-related quality of life, patient education and psychosocial outcomes in chronic disease populations.