Purpose: The aim of the study was to observe relationship between age, body mass index (BMI), physical activity, and kyphosis angle parameters with respiratory function capacity in community-dwelling older adults determine main predictor.
 Methods: A prospective cross-sectional carried out 70 adults. Physical activity level questioned Activity Scale for Elderly (PASE). Thoracic degrees wer...

Introduction: Pulmonary hyperinflation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can increase the breathing rate and reduce diaphragmatic movements by pushing the diaphragms downward and limiting their movements; this, in fact, can affect the breathing process. The purpose of this study was to compare diaphragmatic movements in COPD patients and healthy ones and to evaluate ...

Pulmonary function has been measured at intervals after direct chest injuries of mild and moderate severity in 46 patients. Ventilatory capacity (e.g. FEV1) and vital capacity were reduced and the residual volume was increased. Total lung capacity and alveolar volume were also reduced and as a result total pulmonary diffusing capacity (transfer factor) was decreased, however, the remaining lung...

Farkhooy, A. 2017. Lung function in relation to exercise capacity in health and disease. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1295. 78 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9804-7. Background: Exercise capacity (EC) is widely recognized as a strong and independent predictor of mortality and disease progression in various di...

20 scribed prolonged benefits of this therapy in hemodynamic parameters, functional capacity and survival. Other 2002 and 2003 studies, such as Pombo et al in the current issue of REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA, have collected between 8 and 10 years of experience in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension with intravenous epoprostenol.4-6 They all agree in the essential message: intravenous e...

[Purpose] This study investigated the effects of self-stretching of cervical muscles, because the accessory inspiratory muscle is considered to improve pulmonary function. [Subjects] The subjects were 30 healthy university students 19-21 years old who did not have any lung disease, respiratory dysfunction, cervical injury, or any problems upon cervical stretching. [Methods] Spirometry was used ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Pulmonary capillary blood volume (Qc), a component of diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (Dlco), is increased in postcapillary pulmonary hypertension due to valve disease, but is decreased in primitive and thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. This study was performed to evaluate which way pulmonary Qc is affected in patients with chronic infiltrative lung dise...

To quantify the importance of the carotid sinus baroreceptor reflex and the interaction with epinephrine infusion on total pulmonary vascular capacity and resistance, I have simultaneously measured total pulmonary vascular compliance, changes in pulmonary blood volumes, and changes in resistances in seven sodium pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs. A preparation was used that bypasses the right and...

Pulmonary function and nutritional status are important determinants of exercise capacity in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Studies investigating the effects of determinants, such as genotype or infection and inflammation, are scarce and have never been analysed in a multivariate longitudinal model. A prospective longitudinal cohort study was performed to evaluate whether genotype, chronic...

Vitamin D has several extra calcemic effects. Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients but little is known about it's association with lung function. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether supplementation with vitamin D could improve pulmonary function in COPD patients. DESIGN Before and after, double center, clinical trial. SETTING Hazra...