Reliability and validity of the online application of London Chest Activity of Daily Living scale in assessing dyspnea-related functional impairment in individuals after hospitalization for COVID-19.

Purpose: To investigate the test-retest reliability and construct validity of the LCADL scale applied via online form in individuals after hospitalization for COVID-19.

Methods: Methodological study. After hospitalization for COVID-19 individuals completed the LCADL via online form at two separate times.

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and construct validity of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale.

59 patients were included (61% with COPD and 39% with ILD). BPNES factor scores were not significantly different between raters' assessments ( > 0.05).

Comparison of the modified shuttle walk test in children with cystic fibrosis and healthy controls.

Objective: To evaluate and compare performance in the modified shuttle walk test (MSWT) with cardiorespiratory parameters and respiratory muscle strength in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and healthy controls.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with children divided into the CF group (CFG) and healthy control group (HCG). Two MSWTs were performed and the data from the test with the longest distance walked and its cardiorespiratory parameters (blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation, and dyspnea sensation) were considered, the last three every 4 levels.

Minimally Important Difference of the 20-m 6-Minute Walk Test in Individuals With COPD.

Background: The 20-m 6-min-walk test (6MWT20) is a valid, reliable alternative for functional capacity assessment; however, its responsiveness and minimally important difference (MID) have yet to be investigated. The aim of this study was to assess the responsiveness and MID of the 6MWT20 in individuals with COPD.

Methods: Fifty-three subjects completed the study from August 2011-March 2020.

Performance in the Glittre-ADL Test is Associated with the Pulmonary Function of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

The relationship between lung function and performance in some functional tests, as the six-minute walk test (6MWT) and Glittre-ADL test (TGlittre) are still discrepant in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study aimed to verify which test better correlates and is better explained by the pulmonary function, and which test better discriminates patients regarding the severity of the disease. Seventy-four patients with moderate to very severe COPD (54 men; 66 ± 9 years; FEV: 37.

Modified Medical Research Council and COPD Assessment Test Cutoff Points.

Background: The modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) and COPD Assessment Test (CAT) are assessment instruments associated with level of physical activity of daily living (PADL) in patients with COPD. This study aimed to identify mMRC and CAT cutoff points to discriminate sedentary behavior and PADL level of subjects with COPD and verify whether these cutoff points differentiate pulmonary function, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), functional status, and mortality index in subjects with COPD.

Methods: Subjects ( 131, FEV: 36.

Reliability and validity of the Glittre-ADL test to assess the functional status of patients with interstitial lung disease.

The study objective was to investigated the reliability and validity of the ADL-Glittre test (TGlittre) to assess the functional status of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Twenty-one individuals with ILD participated (age: 63 ± 11 years; DLCO: 51.0 ± 12.

Reliability and Learning Effect of the Glittre ADL-Test in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

The Glittre ADL-test (TGlittre) is a multiple-task test designed to assess functional limitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although few studies have investigated the TGlittre learning effect, the results are still conflicting. This study aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability and learning effect on TGlittre and to identify predicting factors of the learning effect in patients with COPD.

Slow chest compression acutely reduces dynamic hyperinflation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized cross-over trial.

Background: Strategies to minimize dynamic hyperinflation (DH) and dyspnea, such as slow chest compression (SCC), are relevant in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Objectives: To analyze the acute effects of SCC after exercise on DH and dyspnea in people with COPD and to identify responders to the technique.

Methods: This is a cross-over study with 40 patients.

Reliability and validity of the Upper Limb Functional Test (ULIFT) for women after breast cancer surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the reliability and convergent validity of the Upper Limb Functional Test (ULIFT) in women after breast cancer surgery.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study with 25 women (mean age 50 ± 7.3 years) with breast cancer submitted to a surgery intervention within a minimum period of three years.

Functional Tests As Predictors Of Balance, Fear, And Risk Of Falling In Healthy Subjects.

Objective: Verify which test, Glitttre-ADL test (TGlittre) or six-minute walk test (6MWT), better predicts balance, fear, and risk of falling in middle-aged and older adults.

Method: Twenty-eight individuals (15 women) completed the study protocol, which included: anthropometric assessment, spirometry, Falls Efficacy Scale-International-Brazil (FES-I-Brazil), Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), TGlittre, and 6MWT. The Shapiro Wilk test investigated the distribution of the data.

Baseline Characteristics of Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Associated to the Improvement in Activities of Daily Living after Exercise Training.

This study aimed to identify baseline variables predicting improvement in ADLs following an exercise training program in subjects with COPD. Sixty-seven patients with COPD underwent assessment of spirometry, modified Medical Research Council scale, COPD Assesment Test (CAT), Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT), London Chest Activity of Daily Living (LCADL) scale and Glittre-ADL test (TGlittre). After 24 sessions, they were reassessed for limitation in ADLs (LCADL and TGlittre).

Reproducibility of the 6-Min Step Test in Subjects With COPD.

Background: Test-retest reproducibility of the 6-min step test (6MST) is controversial in patients with COPD because the decision to perform a second test is influenced by interruptions, physiological overload, and the patient's exercise tolerance. The aim of this study was to analyze the reproducibility of performance on the 6MST (ie, number of steps climbed and interruptions) and physiological variables in subjects with COPD, with and without poor exercise tolerance, and with and without interruptions during the test.

Methods: Subjects performed 2 6MST (6MST, 6MST) with a minimum of 30 min rest between tests.

Minimal important difference for London Chest Activity of Daily Living scale in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objectives: To determine the minimal important difference (MID) for the London Chest Activity of Daily Living scale (LCADL) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), focusing on the percentage of the total score (LCADL), using an anchor-based method in addition to distribution-based methods.

Design: Non-controlled before-and-after study.

Setting: Two outpatient centres.

Performance difference on the six-minute walk test on tracks of 20 and 30 meters for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: validity and reliability.

Background: Functional capacity assessment is important in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It can be performed by the six-minute walk test (6MWT) on a 30-meter track. However, such space is not always available in clinical settings.

Physiological Responses to the 6-min Step Test in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Purpose: To describe physiological responses during the 6-min step test (6MST) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to investigate whether COPD severity and test interruptions could determine different physiological responses, and to test the reproducibility of 6MST performance.

Methods: Cross-sectional study. Patients with moderate to very severe COPD underwent lung function assessment and 2 6MSTs, with physiological responses measurement by a gas analyzer and a near-infrared spectroscopy device.

A performance comparison of the 20 and 30 meter six-minute walk tests among middle aged and older adults.

: To compare the performance of the Six-Minute Walk Test on 20-meter (6MWT) and 30-meter (6MWT) tracks and to test the validity and reliability of the 6MWT in middle-aged and older adults.: The subjects underwent lung function assessment and performed the 6MWT and 6MWT. Student´s tests or Wilcoxon tests were used to compare the variables.

Comparison of the physiological responses induced by different pediatric exercise field tests in children.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the physiological responses induced by the modified shuttle walk test (MSWT), the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), and the pediatric Glittre activities of daily living test for children (TGlittre-P) in healthy children.

Method: This was an analytical observational cross-sectional study. All subjects underwent an anthropometric evaluation, pulmonary function test, TGlittre-P, 6MWT, and MSWT using a portable gas analyzer.

Impact of Home Oxygen Therapy on the Level of Physical Activities in Daily Life in Subjects With COPD.

Background: Chronic hypoxemia in patients with COPD is a limiting factor that is associated with disease progression and significantly contributes to decreased physical activity. Although correction of hypoxemia results in physiological improvements, oxygen therapy may be related to social isolation and inactivity. However, few studies have objectively investigated the level of physical activity in daily life (PADL) in these patients.

Baseline characteristics associated to improvement of patients with COPD in physical activity in daily life level after pulmonary rehabilitation.

Background: Knowing the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that increase the physical activity of daily living (PADL) after pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a challenge.

Aims: to compare baseline characteristics between patients who achieved and failed to achieve the minimal important difference (MID) of PADL post-PR; to verify which baseline variables better predict the change and identify a cut-off point to discriminate MID achievers.

Methods: Fifty-three patients with COPD (FEV: 38.

Reference Equations for the ADL-Glittre Test in Pediatric Subjects.

Background: The ADL-Glittre test (TGlittre) was initially proposed to evaluate the activities of daily life (ADL) of adults with COPD that involve activities with the upper limbs in addition to walking. Recently, the test has been adapted for children (TGlittre-P), but no reference values have been proposed for its use in this population. The main objective of this study was to develop reference equations for the pediatric adaptation of the TGlittre.

The London Chest Activity of Daily Living scale cut-off point to discriminate functional status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objective: To determine the cut-off point for the London Chest Activity of Daily Living scale in order to better discriminate functional status. Secondarily, to determine which of the scores (total or %total) is better associated with clinical outcomes of a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Methods: Sixty-one patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease performed the following tests: spirometry; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Test; Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire; modified Medical Research Council, the body-mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index; six-minute walk test; physical activity in daily life assessment and London Chest Activity of Daily Living scale.

The minimal important difference for Glittre-ADL test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objective: To determine Glittre-ADL test minimal important difference in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Methods: This is quasi-experimental study. Sixty patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (age 64.

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY TESTS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.

Objectives: To identify studies that evaluated psychometric properties of functional capacity tests in children and adolescents, and to verify which of these have satisfactory properties of measurement.

Data Sources: Searches on MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases without limiting period or language. Two investigators independently selected articles based on the following inclusion criteria: children and/or adolescent population (healthy or with cardiorespiratory diseases); and assessment of psychometric properties of functional capacity tests.

Validation of a bioelectrical impedance analysis system for body composition assessment in patients with COPD.

Objective: To investigate the validity of an eight-contact electrode bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) system within a household scale for assessing whole body composition in COPD patients.

Methods: Seventeen patients with COPD (mean age = 67 ± 8 years; mean FEV1 = 38.6 ± 16.