1. Characteristics of daily arm activities in patients with COPD
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Hans H.C.M. Savelberg, V. Lima Passos, Janneke Annegarn, Kenneth Meijer, Annemie M. W. J. Schols, Martijn A. Spruit, Emiel F.M. Wouters, Nutrition and Movement Sciences, FHML Methodologie & Statistiek, Pulmonologie, RS: CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, RS: NUTRIM - R3 - Chronic inflammatory disease and wasting, RS: NUTRIM - HB/BW section B, RS: CAPHRI - Asthma and COPD, and RS: CAPHRI - Design and analysis of studies in health sciences
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Male ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Activities of daily living ,Acceleration ,Deltoid curve ,Monitoring, Ambulatory ,Walking ,Electromyography ,Biceps ,Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Activities of Daily Living ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Aged ,COPD ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Respiratory Function Tests ,Walking time ,Self Care ,Case-Control Studies ,Arm ,Superficial Back Muscles ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Trapezius muscle ,business ,human activities - Abstract
Arm activities are required for maintenance of self-care and independent living. This study aimed to investigate whether and to what extent arm activities of daily living (ADL) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients differ compared to healthy controls and the extent to which they perform arm ADL at a relatively higher upper limb muscle effort.Daily arm and leg activities were assessed using accelerometers in the home environment (COPD: n = 21, healthy: n = 24; part 1). The relative efforts of the trapezius, deltoid and biceps muscles were studied using electromyography during domestic arm ADL in a laboratory setting (COPD: n = 17, healthy: n = 15; part 2).After correction for walking time, the time spent on arm ADL was similar between COPD patients and healthy control subjects (p = 0.52), while the intensity of arm activities was lower in COPD patients (p = 0.041). In the laboratory setting, arm ADL were performed at a lower intensity by COPD patients, while the trapezius muscle effort was significantly higher during several arm ADL compared to healthy control subjects (p
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- 2014