ASSESSMENT OF THE REHABILITATION EFFICIENCY FOR SKELETAL AND RESPIRATORY MUSCLE DYSFUNCTION IN COPD PATIENTS
Journal Title: Issues of Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Neurophysiology and Sport Promotion-IRONS - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction. COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) results, as the latest expended definition of the disease indicates, among others, in reduced exercise tolerance in patients caused, inter alia, by skeletal and respiratory muscle dysfunction. Aim. The aim of the study is to describe changes that take place in the muscles as a result of the disease, as well as to assess the impact of weight and endurance training on the composition of body mass and exercise capacity in the patients with COPD. Material and methods. The surveyed group involved 12 patients diagnosed with COPD on the basis of spirometry and associated pulmonary symptoms. Most of the patients were males. All patients were subjected to a 21 day ongoing rehabilitation program. Before and after the given period, each patient was examined in the direction of body mass composition. The study determined the mass of adipose tissue, muscle mass and total body water content. Results and conclusions. In the process of the study we obtained results that showed positive effects of the applied rehabilitation. Although the results of the study had shown no statistically significant differences, the results obtained, leading to the expected changes (increase in the case of fat-free mass and water content, and a decrease for the fat mass measurements) show that the rehabilitation program used in the investigated group can be recommended for use in the course of rehabilitation program for these patients, following further complementary studies.
Authors and Affiliations
Katarzyna Paszkiewicz, Aleksander Barinow-Wojewódzki, Marzena Wiernicka, Jacek Lewandowski
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