Publications by authors named "D Saey"
Article Synopsis
- Pulmonary rehabilitation is essential for individuals with chronic lung diseases, but access to these services is limited, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, making telerehabilitation a valuable option.
- The study focuses on validating the 6-minute stepper test (6MST) as a home-friendly alternative to traditional exercise tests like the maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and the 6-minute walk test (6MWT).
- Researchers will assess 6MST’s validity and reliability through a multinational study with 30 participants, collecting data on its correlation with CPET and 6MWT, as well as monitoring experiences during home-based testing.
Introduction: The lack of reference values of lower-limb muscle function hinders the clinical recommendations of its measurement in patients with COPD. Therefore, this study aimed to develop reference equations to predict reference values for quadriceps strength, endurance and power and evaluate their construct validity in patients with COPD.
Methods: Quadriceps strength, endurance and power were assessed in 158 healthy individuals and 87 patients with COPD.
Background: Exercise-induced O desaturation contributes to dyspnea and exercise intolerance in various respiratory diseases. This study assessed whether automated O titration was superior to fixed-flow O to improve exertional dyspnea and walking exercise endurance. We also aimed at evaluating possible additive effects of high-flow nasal cannula coupled with automated O titration on these outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) often present with persistent dyspnoea and reduced exercise capacity and quality of life (QoL), but their functional limitation in relation to their frailty status remains unclear. We thus aimed to compare exercise tolerance, functional mobility, and muscle function and composition between ILD participants and healthy subjects and according to their frailty status.
Methods: A total of 36 ILD participants and 15 heathy subjects performed a 6-min walk test, a 1-min sit-to-stand test, a Short Physical Performance Battery test, a hand grip test and complete quadriceps function testing.
Quadriceps dysfunction is a common systemic manifestation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), for which treatment using resistance training is highly recommended. Even though training volume is suggested to be a key explanatory factor for intramuscular adaptation to resistance training in healthy older adults, knowledge is scarce on the role of progression of training volume for intramuscular adaptations in COPD. This study was a sub-analysis of a parallel-group randomized controlled trial.
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