Sleep Quality and Its Predictors among Dyspnea, Fatigue and Exercise Capacity in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Background: Poor sleep quality is an overlooked symptom in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), however it may significantly contribute to disease burden.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the sleep quality of patients with PAH and investigate its association with dyspnea, fatigue, and exercise capacity.

Methods: Forty-five patients were included.

Evaluation of upper extremity functional capacity and activities of daily living in patients with heart failure: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Considering the limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) and the impact of improvements in patients with heart failure (HF), appropriate assessment of upper extremity functional capacity and ADL is important.

Objectives: To evaluate upper extremity functional capacity and ADL in patients with HF and compare them with healthy controls.

Methods: This study included 30 HF patients and healthy controls.

Structured different exercise protocols improve lung function, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in stroke patients. A randomized controlled trial.

Background: The effect of core stabilization exercises (CSE) alone, or in combination with neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) and Kinesio taping (KT) on lung function, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in patients with stroke is not fully known.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of NMES and KT applied with CSE on lung functions, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in patients with stroke.

Methods: A total of 45 stroke patients were randomly assigned to the core stabilization exercises (CSE) group, CSE+KT group or CSE+NMES group, respectively.

The Effect of Computerized Wobble Board and Core Stabilization Exercises on Balance Performance and Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To investigate the effects of computerized wobble board exercise training (CWBET) and core stabilization exercise training (CSET) on balance performance, and exercise capacity in patients with heart failure (HF).

Desing: Single-blind randomized controlled prospective study.

Setting: Cardiology department of a local university hospital.

Six-Minute Walk Test: How to do Guide for Performing a Reliable Test, Interpretation, and Prognostication in Pulmonary Hypertension.

Six-minute walk test (6MWT) is the most widely used exercise capacity measurement worldwide in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Although cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the gold standard for the assessment of exercise capacity in cardiovascular diseases; the limited accessibility of the device, the need for experience in interpreting the results, and the difficulties in performing CPET in advanced PH have aroused the interest in the application of easier methods for the measurement of exercise capacity. Since then, accumulated data proved that; 6-minutes walking distance (6MWD) can be used to determine exercise capacity and is highly correlated with maximum oxygen consumption (peak VO2) detected by CPET in patients with heart failure and/or PH.

Six-minute stepper test for evaluating functional exercise capacity in patients with sarcoidosis.

Background: Researchers and clinicians may benefit from alternative tests that do not require large physical spaces or corridors for simply evaluating functional exercise capacity in the clinical practice.

Objective: Aim of this study was to investigate whether six-minute stepper test (6MST) is a valid tool for measuring functional exercise capacity in patients with sarcoidosis.

Methods: Thirty-six patients with sarcoidosis and 18 healthy controls were evaluated with 6MST and six-minute walk test (6MWT).

Evaluation of primary and accessory respiratory muscles and their influence on exercise capacity and dyspnea in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Background: Skeletal and respiratory muscle disfunction has been described in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), however, involvement of accessory respiratory muscles and their association with symptomatology in PAH is unclear.

Objectives: To assess the primary and accessory respiratory muscles and their influence on exercise tolerance and dyspnea.

Methods: 27 patients and 27 healthy controls were included.

Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and its impact on quality of life and functional exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Background: In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), pathophysiological consequences of the disease and the drugs used to treat PAH may adversely affect musculoskeletal system. Aim of the study was to evaluate musculoskeletal pain prevalence and its impact on quality of life (QoL) and exercise capacity in PAH patients.

Methods: 61 PAH patients were evaluated with Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) for musculoskeletal pain presence, EmPHasis-10 and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) for QoL, 6-min walk test (6MWT) for functional exercise capacity and International Physical Activity Questionnaire- Short Form (IPAQ-SF) for physical activity participation.

Cut-off values of 6-min walk test and sit-to-stand test for determining symptom burden in atrial fibrillation.

Background: Since symptomatology is a major predictor of quality of life and an endpoint for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), practical approaches for objectively interpreting symptom burden and functional impairment are needed.

Aims: We aimed to provide cut-off values for two frequently used field tests to be able to objectively interpret symptom burden in atrial fibrillation.

Methods: One hundred twenty-five patients with AF were evaluated with European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) score, 6-min walk test (6MWT), 30 s sit-to-stand test (30 s-STST), Short-Form 36 (SF-36), International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), and spirometry.

Effects of Adding Respiratory Training to Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Exhaled Nitric Oxide Level and Cardiopulmonary Function in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Limited research exists regarding nonpharmacologic management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), except for exercise training. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) alone and combined with respiratory training on fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), and cardiopulmonary function in patients with PAH. This single-blind, prospective, randomized controlled study included 54 patients with PAH who were randomly allocated to OMT, combined intervention, and control groups.

Walking training augments the effects of expiratory muscle training in Parkinson's disease.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of walking training combined with respiratory muscle training (RMT) on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, and functional exercise capacity in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Materials & Methods: Thirty patients with Parkinson's disease were included in the study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: the walking and RMT group (W + RMT, n = 15) and the RMT (n = 15) group.

Atrial Fibrillation Impact Questionnaire (AFImpact): Validity and reliability of the Turkish version.

Objective: Guidelines recommend measuring and addressing health-related quality of life in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF); however, a disease-specific questionnaire is lacking for the Turkish language. Our aim was to translate and adapt the Atrial Fibrillation Impact Questionnaire (AFImpact) into Turkish and to explore its psychometric properties.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two phases, including the translation and cultural adaptation of AFImpact into Turkish language and the analysis of psychometric properties of the translated questionnaire.

Does Duke Activity Status Index help predicting functional exercise capacity and long-term prognosis in patients with pulmonary hypertension?

Background: To investigate the association of Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) with 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and WHO-Functional Class (WHO-FC) in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), as well as exploring whether DASI can discriminate between the patients with better and worse long-term prognosis according to 400 m cut-off score in 6MWT.

Methods: Eighty-five medically stable PH patients who met eligibility criteria were included. All patients were evaluated using 6MWT and DASI.

Effects of peripheral and different inspiratory muscle training methods in coronary artery disease patients with metabolic syndrome: A randomized-controlled trial.

Unlabelled: Background OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of peripheral muscle training (PMT) and different inspiratory muscle training (IMT) methods on respiratory functions, exercise capacity, and biochemistry parameters in coronary artery disease patients with metabolic syndrome.

Methods: This prospective, single-blind, randomized-controlled study included 60 patients of stable coronary artery disease with metabolic syndrome (New York Heart Association [NYHA] Class I-II, left ventricular ejection fraction >40%). Patients were randomly divided into three groups: neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) plus PMT group (NMES + PMT group, n = 20), IMT plus PMT group (IMT + PMT group, n = 20) and PMT group (PMT group, n = 20).

Effects of Kinesio Taping and compression stockings on pain, edema, functional capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic venous disease: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of Kinesio Taping and compression stockings on pain, edema, functional capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic venous disease (CVD).

Design: This is a prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blind clinical trial.

Setting: The study was conducted in a physiotherapy and rehabilitation unit of a university hospital.

Effects of core stabilization exercises on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, and functional capacity in adolescents with substance use disorder: Randomized controlled trial.

Background: Adolescent substance abuse is a serious and growing problem worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of core stabilization exercises on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, and functional capacity in adolescents with substance use disorder (SUD).

Methods: This was a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the EmPHasis-10 questionnaire in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the EmPHasis-10 questionnaire to ensure cultural adaptation.

Methods: This study involved translation, back translation, and cross-cultural adaptation. One hundred and one patients who were diagnosed as having pulmonary hypertension (PH) for at least 6 months were evaluated using the Turkish version of EmPHasis-10.

Pulmonary hypertension experience in an expert university hospital.

Objective: Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is characterized by remodeling of the small pulmonary arteries, leading to a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance and right ventricular failure. In this study, we aimed to share our 10 years of experience dealing with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and provide information in real-life settings in terms of demographics, clinical course, PH subgroup distribution, and treatment patterns in patients with PAH in a tertiary center.

Methods: In this retrospective, single-center, observational study, we screened the patients who applied to PH outpatient clinic of İstanbul University Institute of Cardiology due to the suspicion of PAH between 2008 and 2017.

Effects of inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength and functional capacity in patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate the effects of inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength and functional capacity in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Design: Prospective randomized controlled single-blind study.

Setting: Cardiology department of a university hospital.

Six-minute walk test in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Exercise intolerance is the main characteristic of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The six-minute walk test (6MWT) and cardiopulmonary exercise test are widely used in assessing exercise capacity of PAH patients. Six-minute walk distance (6MWD) has been specified as the main clinical outcome in PAH and has been used as the primary end-point in many studies conducted for new PAH treatments.

[Evaluation of exercise capacity in pulmonary arterial hypertension].

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance that leads to right ventricular failure. The most common clinical features of PAH are dyspnea and exercise intolerance. Measurement of exercise capacity is of considerable importance for the assessment of disease severity as well as routine monitoring of disease.