Exercise Capacity and Functional Status in Liver Transplant Candidates: Identifying perceived determinants and consequences

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Purpose: Exercise capacity is an independent predictor of the disease prognosis in many clinical conditions. This study aims to predict functional exercise determinants and investigate association between status variables liver transplant candidates. 
 Methods: prospective cross-sectional consisted thirty patients who were scheduled for transplantation. Respiratory peripheral muscle strengths measured using a mouth pressure device hand-held dynamometer, respectively. Dyspnea, physical activity, fatigue, capacity, performance, quality life participants evaluated Modified Borg Scale, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Turkish version Checklist Individual Strength Six-minute Walk Test, 30-sec Sit-to-Stand Liver Disease Symptom Index 2.0, A multivariate linear regression analysis was conducted identify predictors capacity. Results: The six-minute walk distance inversely strongly correlated with dyspnea (r=−0.668, p

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of basic and clinical health sciences

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2458-8938', '2564-7288']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.884024