Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Muscle strength. Walk test. Morbidity. Quality of life.
AN OVERVIEW ON SYMPTOMS CAUSES TEST TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
... shortness of breath and quality of ...restoration of the curvature of the diaphragm through a reduction in overinflation of diseased parts of the ...regions of ...
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Nitrogen single-breath washout test for evaluating exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... because of small airway closure, and therefore, it can potentially provide information about early abnormalities in the small airways in COPD ...distribution of ventilation to some extent, the changes in ...
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ExErcisE tolErancE, pulmonary function, rEspiratory musclE strEngth, and quality of lifE in childrEn and adolEscEnts with rhEumatic hEart disEasE
... heart disease aged 8 to 16 ...and quality of life questionnaires were tested by spirometry, manovacuometry and in a 6-minute walk ...categorization of the ...Expiratory ...
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Quality of life and burden in carers for persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease receiving oxygen therapy
... Wilk test was used to verify the shape of the distribution of the population and the quality of the adjustment of the ...Chi-Squared test were carried out to analyze the ...
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Effect of three exercise programs on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... effect of three different exercise programs on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease including strength training at 50–80% of one-repetition maximum (1-RM) ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart rate variability: a literature update
... and strength, and of low intensity, that consisted of calisthenics and breathing exercises for a period of 3 ...months of training and, was judged during rest and as a response to an ...
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Quality of life in chronic venous disease women
... aim of the study was to verify the relationship between physical function and quality of life in women with chronic venous ...stand test (lower limbs strength), arm curl ...
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Relationship between disease severity and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... ity of life scores were very similar to the findings for ...tion of dyspnea sensation to AQ20 scores ...responsiveness of the AQ20 compared with the SGRQ and Chronic Respira- tory ...
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A symptom-limited incremental step test determines maximum physiological responses in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the exercise ...Hence walk tests have been widely used in subjects with cardiopulmonary diseases for this purpose [2] and as a ...
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Effect of melatonin administration on subjective sleep quality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...effects of melatonin on sleep in ...None of the participants had a history of disease exacerbation 4 weeks prior to the ...
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The impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on iNKT lymphocytes
... [121]. Quality of life was assessed using the self-reported COPD Assessment Test (CAT) [122] (see Annex ...quadriceps muscle strength (QMS) was measured using a hand-held ...
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Peripheral and respiratory muscle strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... measures of central tendency and disper- sion for quantitative variables, and absolute and relative frequencies for qualitative ...distribution of data was verified by the Shapiro-Wilk test. The ...
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Geometric index of heart rate variability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... analysis of HRV indexes the volunteers remained in the supine position for 30 ...interpolation of RR intervals (TINN) and Poincaré plot (SD1, SD2 and ...t test for unpaired samples and Mann-Whitney ...
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Periodontal disease and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis of observational studies.
... meta-analysis of one nested case-control study, eight case-control studies, and five cross- sectional studies provides evidence that PD is associated with an increased risk of COPD and can increase a ...
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A systems biology approach identifies molecular networks defining skeletal muscle abnormalities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
... number of NF-kB targets, identified by the IPA software in the ‘tissue remodelling’ section of the network, were up-regulated during training in healthy individuals, but failed to respond in COPD patients ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients’ experience with pulmonary : a systematic review of qualitative research
... recognition of the positive impacts of PR by the COPD patients in this review indicates the contribution towards empowerment, part of the Health Promotion, 38 for the treatment of ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during the two last years of life--a retrospective study of decedents.
... Results: Of 822 individuals with COPD as underlying cause of death, medical records from 729 were ...half of the patients and median age at COPD diagnosis was 74 years (range ...structure of ...
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Oropharyngeal deglutition, nutrition, and quality of life in individuals with chronic pulmonary disease
... the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program of the Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria in ...diagnosis of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, and asthma; clinically ...
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Management of the pharmacological treatment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... type of chronic pa- ...occurrence of this outcome may be associated with the psychometric properties of the instrument, suggesting that it is not suf- ficiently discriminating and promotes a ...
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Functional balance in older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... Functional balance in older adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 12. Cristina Jácome a MSc, Joana Cruz b MSc, Raquel Gabriel a,c MSc, Daniela Figueiredo a,c PhD,3[r] ...
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