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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Physiological Responses and Dynamic Hyperinflation Induced by Unsupported Arm Activities Involved in Multiple-Task Activities of Daily Living Test in Patients With COPD.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the isolated role of unsupported arm activities and the physiological responses and dynamic hyperinflation (DH) induced by activities of daily living in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Physiological responses and DH were compared using the Glittre activities of daily living test (TGlittre) and a modified protocol that emphasized unsupported arm activities and excluded squats and bending down to move objects on shelves (TGlittre-M). Data were also compared from the isolated shelf tasks of TGlittre (TSHELF) and TGlittre-M (TSHELF-M).

The Glittre-ADL Test Cut-Off Point to Discriminate Abnormal Functional Capacity in Patients with COPD.

The study objective was to determine a cut-off point for the Glittre activities of daily living (ADL)test (TGlittre) to discriminate patients with normal and abnormal functional capacity. Fifty-nine patients with moderate to very severe COPD (45 males; 65 ± 8.84 years; BMI: 26 ± 4.

Glittre-ADL Multiple Tasks Induce Similar Dynamic Hyperinflation With Different Metabolic and Ventilatory Demands in Patients With COPD.

Purpose: This cross-sectional study compared the physiological responses and dynamic hyperinflation (DH) of the Glittre-ADL test (TGlittre) and its specific tasks in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods: Thirty patients with COPD performed the TGlittre. The individual tasks included stand up and sit down (TSS); climb up and down stairs (TSTAIRS); walk on a flat surface (TWALK); and move objects onto and off a shelf (TSHELF).

Does the COPD assessment test reflect functional status in patients with COPD?

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT) reflects the functional status of patients with COPD. Forty-seven patients underwent anthropometric assessment, spirometry, the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), the Glittre-activity of daily living (ADL) test (TGlittre), the London Chest ADL (LCADL) scale, and the CAT. The total score of the CAT correlated with 6MWT distance, TGlittre time spent, and LCADL ( r = -0.

Reproducibility of Ventilatory Parameters, Dynamic Hyperinflation, and Performance in the Glittre-ADL Test in COPD Patients.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the reproducibility of the ventilatory parameters and dynamic hyperinflation (DH) induced by the Glittre ADL-test (TGlittre) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

Methods: Twenty-three patients with COPD underwent anthropometry, spirometry, TGlittre (TGlittre1 and TGlittre2) and pre- and post-test slow vital capacity. During the tests the ventilatory response was evaluated.