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  1. ASSOBRAFIR clinical practice guidelines in cardiovascular physical therapy: Exercise-based interventions in outpatient rehabilitation programs for heart failure

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, November 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  2. Diagnostic test accuracy of the walking impairment questionnaire in individuals with intermittent claudication

    Article • VASA, July 2025, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  3. Determinantes do Teste de Caminhada de Seis Minutos em Pacientes com Coexistência de Insuficiência Cardíaca e Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica

    Article • ABC Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy, June 2025, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  4. Determinants of the Six-Minute Walk Distance in Subjects with Heart Failure-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap

    Article • ABC Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy, May 2025, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  5. Letter to the Editor regarding “Nutritional support therapy is also an important part of rehabilitation after abdominoplasty surgeries”

    Article • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, March 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  6. Breaking the frailty cycle with rehabilitation programs. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  7. Periodic breathing during exercise in heart failure: beyond the classic risk factors

    Article • European Heart Journal Supplements, February 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  8. Editorial: Innovative approaches to exercise assessment and prescription in non-communicable diseases

    Article • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, January 2025, Frontiers

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  9. The Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire 3 (BREQ-3) Is Reliable and Valid for Assessing Motivational Regulations and Self-Determination in Exercise Among Adults Aged 50 Years or Older: A Methodological Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  10. Prescrição de Exercício Aeróbio na Reabilitação Cardíaca Baseada na Frequência Cardíaca dos Estágios do Teste da Fala e do Teste de Caminhada de 6 Minutos

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, September 2023, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  11. Feasibility of a Virtual Educational Programme for Behaviour Change in Cardiac Patients from a Low-Resource Setting

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  12. Impacto da COVID-19 nos Programas de Reabilitação Cardiovascular no Brasil: Um Estudo Transversal Baseado em uma Pesquisa Online

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, January 2023, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  13. Bilateral heel-rise test performance and physiological response are influenced by cadence and ankle position

    Article • Revista Pesquisa em Fisioterapia, December 2022, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saude Publica

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  14. Preliminary Effects of a Structured Educational Program in Cardiac Patients at Different Stages of Enrollment in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation

    Article • Community Health Equity Research & Policy, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  15. Frailty influences the vascular responsiveness of elderly individuals with chronic heart failure

    Article • Microvascular Research, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  16. Percepções dos Participantes de Reabilitação Cardíaca sobre seus Comportamentos em Saúde e Necessidades de Informação durante a Pandemia COVID-19 no Brasil

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, March 2022, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  17. Exercise training effects on metabolic and ventilatory changes in heart failure patients with exercise oscillatory ventilation: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  18. Understanding national trends in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Canada – April 2020 to March 2021

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Keven Joyal-Desmarais, Prof. Marlus Karsten, Yaiphaba Meitei, Prof. Jason Bantjes, MR Mohsen Alyami

  19. Agreement between heart rate at first ventilatory threshold on treadmill and at 6-min walk test in coronary artery disease patients on β-blockers treatment

    Article • Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation, October 2021, Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  20. Does Hypertension Knowledge Influence Levels of Physical Activity in Hypertensive Patients From a Southern Brazilian Community?

    Article • International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences, May 2021, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  21. Diretriz Brasileira de Reabilitação Cardiovascular: Valores e Limitações

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, December 2020, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  22. A ASSOBRAFIR reforça sua missão no enfrentamento à pandemia da COVID-19.

    Article • ASSOBRAFIR Ciência, September 2020, Associacao Brasileira de Fisioterapia Cardiorrespiratoria e Fisioterapia em Terapia Intensiva

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  23. Papel do Fisioterapeuta em diferentes cenários de atuação à COVID-19

    Article • ASSOBRAFIR Ciência, September 2020, Associacao Brasileira de Fisioterapia Cardiorrespiratoria e Fisioterapia em Terapia Intensiva

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  24. Recomendações para a atuação dos fisioterapeutas na reanimação cardiopulmonar em pacientes adultos com COVID-19

    Article • ASSOBRAFIR Ciência, September 2020, Associacao Brasileira de Fisioterapia Cardiorrespiratoria e Fisioterapia em Terapia Intensiva

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  25. A pandemia da COVID-19 trouxe desafios e novas possibilidades para a Fisioterapia no Brasil: estamos preparados?

    Article • Revista Pesquisa em Fisioterapia, May 2020, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saude Publica

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  26. Expiratory Flow Limitation at Different Exercise Intensities in Coronary Artery Disease

    Article • Cardiology Research and Practice, May 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  27. Inspiratory Muscle Training After Heart Valve Replacement Surgery Improves Inspiratory Muscle Strength, Lung Function, and Functional Capacity

    Article • Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, September 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  28. Letter to the Editor, “Inspiratory muscle training improves performance of a repeated sprints ability test in professional soccer players”

    Article • Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, April 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  29. Maximizing the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training in sports performance: A current challenge

    Article • Physical Therapy in Sport, March 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  30. The effects of inspiratory muscle training with linear workload devices on the sports performance and cardiopulmonary function of athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Physical Therapy in Sport, November 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  31. Exercise training reduces oxidative stress in people living with HIV/AIDS: a pilot study

    Article • HIV Clinical Trials, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  32. Reference values for the walking distance on the six-minute walk test in healthy children aged from 7 to 12 years in Brazil: The tc6minbrasil multicentric study

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  33. Can RR intervals editing and selection techniques interfere with the analysis of heart rate variability?

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, September 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  34. Functional capacity and ventilatory efficiency are preserved in well-controlled people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

    Article • Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation, August 2018, Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  35. Reference Values for the 6-min Walk Distance in Healthy Children Age 7 to 12 Years in Brazil: Main Results of the TC6minBrasil Multi-Center Study

    Article • Respiratory Care, November 2017, Daedalus Enterprises

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  36. Functional capacity in a rat model of heart failure: impact of myocardial infarct size

    Article • Experimental Physiology, November 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  37. Pulmonary complications and hospital stay length in elderly patients submitted to aortic stenosis correction: does frailty matters?

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  38. Relationship between handgrip strength, peripheral muscle strength and respiratory muscle endurance in patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)?

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  39. Cardiac rehabilitation programme after TAVI or surgical aortic valve replacement.

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  40. Maximal oxygen uptake and exercise tolerance are improved in rats with heart failure subjected to low-level laser therapy associated with resistance training

    Article • Lasers in Medical Science, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  41. Light-emitting diode therapy (LEDT) improves functional capacity in rats with heart failure

    Article • Lasers in Medical Science, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  42. Muscular pre-conditioning using light-emitting diode therapy (LEDT) for high-intensity exercise: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial with a single elite runner

    Article • Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Marlus Karsten, Prof Michael R Hamblin

  43. Circulatory and Ventilatory Power: Characterization in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, January 2015, GN1 Genesis Network

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  44. The influence of low-level laser therapy on parameters of oxidative stress and DNA damage on muscle and plasma in rats with heart failure

    Article • Lasers in Medical Science, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  45. Respiratory muscle endurance is limited by lower ventilatory efficiency in post-myocardial infarction patients

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, March 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  46. Physiological responses to the Glittre-ADL test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, January 2014, Acta Dermato-Venereologica

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  47. Reference equations for the six-minute walk distance based on a Brazilian multicenter study

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, December 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  48. Multiparametric comparison of CARvedilol, vs. NEbivolol, vs. BIsoprolol in moderate heart failure: The CARNEBI trial

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  49. Development, validation and comparison of a reference equation for the distance walked during the six-minute walk in patients with the human immunodeficiency virus

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  50. Recent myocardial infarction patients present ventilatory limitation during aerobic exercise

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  51. Avaliação da frequência cardíaca à medida de pressão expiratória máxima estática e à manobra de Valsalva em jovens saudáveis

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, October 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  52. Influência da idade no comportamento da frequência cardíaca na transição repouso-exercício: uma análise por deltas e regressão linear

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte, October 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  53. Pressão expiratória positiva nas vias aéreas não reproduz as respostas de frequência cardíaca à manobra de Valsalva em homens jovens saudáveis

    Article • Fisioterapia e Pesquisa, June 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  54. Linear and nonlinear analysis of heart rate variability in coronary disease

    Article • Clinical Autonomic Research, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alberto Porta, Prof. Marlus Karsten

  55. Relationship between inspiratory muscle capacity and peak exercise tolerance in patients post-myocardial infarction

    Article • Heart & Lung, March 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  56. Effects of carvedilol on oxygen uptake and heart rate kinetics in patients with chronic heart failure at simulated altitude

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, March 2011, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Marlus Karsten

  57. Influência da força muscular respiratória pré-operatória na evolução clínica após cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio

    Article • Fisioterapia e Pesquisa, March 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof. Marlus Karsten