PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Laura Malagrinò
AU  - Barbara Vagaggini
AU  - Francesco Costa
AU  - Gianna Decusatis
AU  - Claudia De Simone
AU  - Sandra Antonelli
AU  - Sabrina Santerini
AU  - Giulia Lenzini
AU  - Pierluigi Paggiaro
TI  - Physical activity improved significantly in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease non responrders to an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP)
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P604
VI  - 44
IP  - Suppl 58
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P604.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P604.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2014 Sep 01; 44
AB  - Background: physical activity (PA) has been reported to be reduced in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and Pulmonary Rehabilitation is well known to improve exercise capacity in those subjects.Aim: to examine the variation in physical activity after a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (PRP) in COPD patients .We examined 28 patients (mean age 68.7 yrs) with moderate-severe COPD(FEV1 55.1%).They wore the Armband Sensorwear for 6 consecutive days before and after a 10-week outpatient PRP.Total Day Energy Expenditure(TDEE) and Active Energy Expenditure (AEE) significantly improved after PRP in the whole sample (TDEE :227+/-419 cal prePRP vs 2350+/-131 cal postPRP; p=0.026, AEE :298.7+/-220.3 cal prePRP vs 538.6+/-483.4 cal postPRP; p=0.03).When we divided the patients according to the response to the 6MWT (responders >/= 36 non-responders< 36 mt or of the improvement of the total score of SGRQ (responders>/= 4, non-responders <4),we observed that non-responders in both group significantly improved in physical activity parameters.View this table:In some patients with moderate-to-severe COPD a PRP may improve some parameters of physical activity measured with the Armband Sensorwear although the same treatment is no effective in terms of 6MWT or SGRQ.