[Measurement of physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
Physical activity is an important parameter related to morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome/diabetes, mental disorders, cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In COPD, lower levels of physical activity as reported by the patients are associated with a faster annual lung function decline, increased number of hospitalizations, and higher risk of mortality. Self-reported physical activity, however, correlates only poorly with objectively quantified physical activity in patients with COPD. Recent data show that physical activity can reliably be measured in a substantial number of patients with COPD. Extrapulmonary effects of COPD are associated with reduced physical activity. Clinical characteristics commonly used to assess disease severity like the forced expiratory volume in 1 s or the 6-min walk distance only incompletely reflect the physical activity of patients with COPD.
Magnussen
Helgo
H
Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Grosshansdorf. magnussen@pulmoresearch.de
Waschki
Benjamin
B
Watz
Henrik
H
D000368:Aged; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology