@article {{\"O}zkalPA2801, author = {{\"O}zden {\"O}zkal and Saadet Ufuk Yurdalan and Mine Seyyah and Ahmet Hakan Acar and Emre Is{\c c}i}, title = {Comparison of fatigue and Sp02 during shuttle walking test in patients with burn}, volume = {46}, number = {suppl 59}, elocation-id = {PA2801}, year = {2015}, doi = {10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.PA2801}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, abstract = {Burn injury is a catastrophic event that can result in significant impairments to physical function and health.The first phase occurs in the first 48 hours of injury and characterized by decreased in oxygen consumption.This study was planned to examine fatigue level and peripheral oxygen saturation and to evaluate the walking distances according to burn severity after burn injury.64 cases with burn injury who were staying in the service department/the intensive care unit included this study.Cases were divided into groups according to burn severity(Group1:Moderate;Group2:Major burn cases)Shuttle walking test was carried out on their first mobilization.SpO2,leg fatigue(Modified Borg Scale 6-20),walking distance(metres) were recorded.T test was used in this study.64 cases(group1:33,group2:31)with the mean age of 38.98 years were included the study.There was a remarkable differences between groups according to leg fatigue and SpO2before/after the SWT(p\<0.05).There was a significant differences between groups according to walking distances(p\<0,001)- SWT can safely be administered on the burn injury cases in the earlier stages. there was a striking contrast between the physical exercise capacity of the moderate and major burn cases.The meaningful difference in terms of leg fatigue was result from inadequate peripheral oxygen supply.In the future studies shuttle walking test must be administered in the homogeneous cases,in terms of the localization of the burns.-groupmeanpLeg fatigueBefore SWT16,480,02627,22After SWT19,510,001-210,93SpO2Before SWT197,96,000295,19AFTER SWT195,87,000290,87Walking distanceAFTER SWT1815,45,00012200,64}, issn = {0903-1936}, URL = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/suppl_59/PA2801}, eprint = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content}, journal = {European Respiratory Journal} }