Physical activity and cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : A cross-sectional analysis

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BACKGROUND: The cardiac autonomic function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been poorly studied.

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to 1) describe the cardiac autonomic function assessed by heart rate recovery (HRR) and chronotropic response (CR) during a 6-min walk test (6MWT) and afterward and 2) estimate the association of physical activity with HRR and CR in COPD patients.

METHODS: This cross-sectional analysis included 320 patients with mild to very severe COPD. Physical activity (steps, time in any/moderate-to-vigorous/vigorous physical activity, intensity and sedentary time) was measured during 1 week by accelerometer. CR and HRR were measured during a 6MWT and 5min after, respectively, and their association with physical activity parameters was estimated by multivariable linear regression models.

RESULTS: Patients were 82% male and had a mean (SD) age 68 (8) years, post-bronchodilator FEV1 57 (18) % predicted, and walked a mean of 7716 (4139) steps/day. HRR was slow until 5min after the 6MWT; the mean (SD) HRR was 15 (10), 22 (11), 25 (12), 25 (12) and 27 (12) bpm after 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5min, respectively. The mean (SD) CR was 35% (16). After adjusting for relevant confounders, time in vigorous physical activity was significantly associated with a fast decrease in HRR (p=0.044) and an increase in CR (p=0.021). We found no independent association for other physical activity parameters.

CONCLUSION: A cardiac autonomic dysfunction is present in patients with mild to very severe COPD and is inversely related to the practice of vigorous physical activity. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01897298.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine - 65(2022), 3 vom: 07. Mai, Seite 101501

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Delgado-Ortiz, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Arbillaga-Etxarri, Ane [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Chiaradía, Diego A [VerfasserIn]
Gimeno-Santos, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Barberan-Garcia, Anael [VerfasserIn]
Balcells, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Roisin, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Aymerich, Judith [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autonomic nervous system
Chronic obstructive
Exercise
Heart rate
Journal Article
Pulmonary disease

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.05.2022

Date Revised 17.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01897298

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rehab.2021.101501

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322199875