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Limiting Factors in Walking Performance of Subjects With COPD.
Sanseverino, Marcela Alves; Pecchiari, Matteo; Bona, Renata Luisa; Berton, Danilo Cortozi; de Queiroz, Francisco Busolli; Gruet, Mathieu; Peyré-Tartaruga, Leonardo A.
Afiliação
  • Sanseverino MA; Pathophysiology and Pulmonary Function Laboratory of Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre.
  • Pecchiari M; Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
  • Bona RL; Biomechanics Research and Movement Analyses Laboratory, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Paysandú, Uruguay.
  • Berton DC; Pathophysiology and Pulmonary Function Laboratory of Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre.
  • de Queiroz FB; Post-Graduate Program in Respiratory Sciences, Medical School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
  • Gruet M; Respiratory Division, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre.
  • Peyré-Tartaruga LA; Pathophysiology and Pulmonary Function Laboratory of Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre.
Respir Care ; 63(3): 301-310, 2018 Mar.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29162719
ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION:

Exercise intolerance is the most predominant symptom in patients with COPD. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether walking economy and gait variability are altered in these patients. Thus, our main objective was to compare the cost of transport and gait variability as a function of speed, including the self-selected walking speed, in subjects with COPD relative to healthy subjects.

METHODS:

22 subjects, 11 with COPD (FEV1 = 45 ± 17% of predicted) and 11 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects undertook an evaluation that involved walking on a treadmill at 6 speeds (at 3.2 km/h, at a self-selected walking speed, and at 2 speeds below and 2 speeds above the self-selected walking speed) and measuring the cost of transport (the oxygen consumption normalized by mass and distance), gait variability, perceived dyspnea, and leg fatigue.

RESULTS:

In subjects with COPD, the cost of transport decreased with increasing walking speed, contrary to healthy subjects, who presented a minimum at the self-selected walking speed. No difference was found in cost of transport between the experimental groups at the same absolute velocity (P = .62). In subjects with COPD, dyspnea sensation rose above the self-selected walking speed, doubling at the maximal walking velocity (P = .03), and gait variability was higher at low speeds.

CONCLUSION:

Subjects with COPD choose their walking speed so as to keep the dyspnea sensation tolerable and to keep gait variability and cost of transport at an acceptable level. These outcomes suggest that interventions acting on dyspnea and gait pattern may increase patients' self-selected walking speed and improve their quality of life.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Consumo de Oxigênio / Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica / Dispneia / Velocidade de Caminhada Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Patient_preference Limite: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Respir Care Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Consumo de Oxigênio / Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica / Dispneia / Velocidade de Caminhada Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Patient_preference Limite: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Respir Care Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article