Background Gait characteristics are important risk factors for falls, hospitalisations and mortality in older adults, but the impact of COPD on gait performance remains unclear. We aimed to identify differences in gait characteristics between adults with COPD and healthy age-matched controls during 1) laboratory tests that included complex movements and obstacles, 2) simulated daily-life activities (supervised) and 3) freeliving daily-life activities (unsupervised).Methods This case-control study used a multi-sensor wearable system (INDIP) to obtain seven gait characteristics for each walking bout performed by adults with mild-to-severe COPD (n=17; forced expiratory volume in 1 s 57 +/- 19% predicted) and controls (n=20) during laboratory tests, and during simulated and free-living daily-life activities. Gait characteristics were compared between adults with COPD and healthy controls for all walking bouts combined, and for shorter (<= 30 s) and longer (>30 s) walking bouts separately.Results Slower walking speed (-11 cm center dot s(-1), 95% CI: -20 to -3) and lower cadence (-6.6 steps center dot min(-1), 95% CI: -12.3 to -0.9) were recorded in adults with COPD compared to healthy controls during longer (>30 s) free-living walking bouts, but not during shorter (<= 30 s) walking bouts in either laboratory or freeliving settings. Double support duration and gait variability measures were generally comparable between the two groups.Conclusion Gait impairment of adults with mild-to-severe COPD mainly manifests during relatively long walking bouts (>30 s) in free-living conditions. Future research should determine the underlying mechanism(s) of this impairment to facilitate the development of interventions that can improve free-living gait performance in adults with COPD.

Buekers J., Megaritis D., Koch S., Alcock L., Ammour N., Becker C., et al. (2023). Laboratory and free-living gait performance in adults with COPD and healthy controls. ERJ OPEN RESEARCH, 9(5), 1-13 [10.1183/23120541.00159-2023].

Laboratory and free-living gait performance in adults with COPD and healthy controls

Palmerini L.;
2023

Abstract

Background Gait characteristics are important risk factors for falls, hospitalisations and mortality in older adults, but the impact of COPD on gait performance remains unclear. We aimed to identify differences in gait characteristics between adults with COPD and healthy age-matched controls during 1) laboratory tests that included complex movements and obstacles, 2) simulated daily-life activities (supervised) and 3) freeliving daily-life activities (unsupervised).Methods This case-control study used a multi-sensor wearable system (INDIP) to obtain seven gait characteristics for each walking bout performed by adults with mild-to-severe COPD (n=17; forced expiratory volume in 1 s 57 +/- 19% predicted) and controls (n=20) during laboratory tests, and during simulated and free-living daily-life activities. Gait characteristics were compared between adults with COPD and healthy controls for all walking bouts combined, and for shorter (<= 30 s) and longer (>30 s) walking bouts separately.Results Slower walking speed (-11 cm center dot s(-1), 95% CI: -20 to -3) and lower cadence (-6.6 steps center dot min(-1), 95% CI: -12.3 to -0.9) were recorded in adults with COPD compared to healthy controls during longer (>30 s) free-living walking bouts, but not during shorter (<= 30 s) walking bouts in either laboratory or freeliving settings. Double support duration and gait variability measures were generally comparable between the two groups.Conclusion Gait impairment of adults with mild-to-severe COPD mainly manifests during relatively long walking bouts (>30 s) in free-living conditions. Future research should determine the underlying mechanism(s) of this impairment to facilitate the development of interventions that can improve free-living gait performance in adults with COPD.
2023
Buekers J., Megaritis D., Koch S., Alcock L., Ammour N., Becker C., et al. (2023). Laboratory and free-living gait performance in adults with COPD and healthy controls. ERJ OPEN RESEARCH, 9(5), 1-13 [10.1183/23120541.00159-2023].
Buekers J.; Megaritis D.; Koch S.; Alcock L.; Ammour N.; Becker C.; Bertuletti S.; Bonci T.; Brown P.; Buckley E.; Buttery S.C.; Caulfied B.; Cereatti...espandi
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