Effects of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Activity Levels in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• DOI: 10.1097/hcr.0b013e3181ebf2ef
• Publication Date: 2013-09-17T07:38:56Z
• Authors: M. Jeffery Mador; Anil N. Patel; Jamie Nadler
• Keywords: Exercise Tolerance; Middle Aged; Exercise Therapy; 3. Good health; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; 03 medical and health sciences; Treatment Outcome; 0302 clinical medicine; Physical Fitness; Spirometry; Forced Expiratory Volume; Activities of Daily Living; Exercise Test; Quality of Life; Humans; Aged; Monitoring, Physiologic

In Brief PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increase physical activity immediately after a short course (8 weeks) rehabilitation (PR). Activity levels in COPD were also compared those healthy controls. METHODS: Consecutive (n = 24, aged 71.9 ± 7.7 years, forced expiratory ventilation 1 second 44.1 17.9% predicted, who completed PR) and 8 aged-matched controls (aged 66.6 7.2 years) studied. monitored triaxial accelerometer for 5 days before PR. expressed as vector magnitude units (VMU) per minute time spent at VMU above 250 500, respectively. RESULTS: Overall significantly less that (117 63 242 103 VMU/min, P .0003). Time 500 (166 71 vs 227 37 min, .028 39 43 124 26 < .0001, respectively). After PR, overall not increased 120 VMU/min). Increases PR did correlate improvements exercise performance, quality life, or quadriceps strength. CONCLUSIONS: Despite significant capacity life translate into level. Improving function copd may behavioral change. their signifi-cant