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Spiesshoefer J, Herkenrath SD, Treml M, Pietzke-Calcagnile A, Hagmeyer L, Regmi B, Matthes S, Young P, Boentert M, Randerath WJ. Inspiratory Muscle Dysfunction Mediates and Predicts a Disease Continuum of Hypercapnic Failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Respiration 2024; 103:182-192. [PMID: 38325348 DOI: 10.1159/000536589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with chronic hypercapnic failure. The present work aimed to comprehensively investigate inspiratory muscle function as a potential key determinant of hypercapnic respiratory failure in patients with COPD. METHODS Prospective patient recruitment encompassed 61 stable subjects with COPD across different stages of respiratory failure, ranging from normocapnia to isolated nighttime hypercapnia and daytime hypercapnia. Arterialized blood gas analyses and overnight transcutaneous capnometry were used for patient stratification. Assessment of respiratory muscle function encompassed body plethysmography, maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP), diaphragm ultrasound, and transdiaphragmatic pressure recordings following cervical magnetic stimulation of the phrenic nerves (twPdi) and a maximum sniff manoeuvre (Sniff Pdi). RESULTS Twenty patients showed no hypercapnia, 10 had isolated nocturnal hypercapnia, and 31 had daytime hypercapnia. Body plethysmography clearly distinguished patients with and without hypercapnia but did not discriminate patients with isolated nocturnal hypercapnia from those with daytime hypercapnia. In contrast to ultrasound parameters and transdiaphragmatic pressures, only MIP reflected the extent of hypercapnia across all three stages. MIP values below -48 cmH2O predicted nocturnal hypercapnia (area under the curve = 0.733, p = 0.052). CONCLUSION In COPD, inspiratory muscle dysfunction contributes to progressive hypercapnic failure. In contrast to invasive tests of diaphragm strength only MIP fully reflects the pathophysiological continuum of hypercapnic failure and predicts isolated nocturnal hypercapnia.
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- Jens Spiesshoefer
- Department of Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Health Science Center, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany
- Bethanien Hospital gGmbH, Solingen, Germany
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- Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany,
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- Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany
- Bethanien Hospital gGmbH, Solingen, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany
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- Medical Park Klinik Reithofpark, Bad Feilnbach, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Institute for Translational Neurology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Department of Medicine, UKM Marienhospital Steinfurt, Steinfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany
- Bethanien Hospital gGmbH, Solingen, Germany
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Zheng H, Zhou Q, Yang J, Lu Q, Qiu H, He C, Yan H. Altered functional connectivity of the default mode and frontal control networks in patients with insomnia. CNS Neurosci Ther 2023. [PMID: 36942498 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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AIMS The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between spontaneous regional activity and brain functional connectivity, which maybe can distinguish insomnia while being responsive to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatment effects in insomnia patients. METHODS Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 38 chronic insomnia patients and 36 healthy volunteers, we compared the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) between the two groups. Of all the patients with insomnia, 20 received rTMS for 4 weeks, while 18 patients received a 4-week pseudo-stimulation intervention. Seed-based resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analysis was conducted from regions with significantly different ALFF values, and the association between RSFC value and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score was determined. RESULTS Our results revealed that insomnia patients presented a significantly higher ALFF value in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), whereas a significantly lower ALFF value was observed in the superior parietal lobule (SPL). Moreover, significantly reduced RSFC was detected from both PCC to prefrontal cortex connections, as well as from left SPL to frontal pole connections. In addition, RSFC from frontal pole to left SPL negatively predicted sleep quality (PSQI) and treatment response in patients' group. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that disrupted frontoparietal network connectivity may be a biomarker for insomnia in middle-aged adults, reinforcing the potential of rTMS targeting the frontal lobes. Monitoring pretreatment RSFC could offer greater insight into how rTMS treatments are responded to by insomniacs.
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- Hui Zheng
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangsu Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangsu Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangsu Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangsu Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangsu Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangsu Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Jiangsu Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Oueslati F, Saey D, Vézina FA, Nadreau É, Martin M, Maltais F. Acute Cardiopulmonary and Muscle Oxygenation Responses to Normocapnic Hyperpnea Exercise in COPD. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2022; 54:47-56. [PMID: 34334721 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000002760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate cardiorespiratory responses and intercostal muscle oxygenation during normocapnic hyperpnea exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS Twenty-two patients with COPD performed a cardiopulmonary cycling exercise test to assess peak oxygen consumption (V˙O2peak) and minute ventilation (V˙Epeak). They also performed a normocapnic hyperpnea exercise alone, at 50%-60% of V˙Epeak to exhaustion, using a respiratory device (Spirotiger) connected to a gas analyzer to monitor V˙O2, V˙E, and end-tidal CO2 partial pressure. Cardiac output, and intercostal and vastus lateralis muscle oxygenation were continuously measured during exercise using finger photoplethysmography and near-infrared spectroscopy, respectively. Arterial blood gases (arterial PCO2) and inspiratory capacity were obtained at rest and at the end of hyperpnea exercise. RESULTS The hyperpnea exercise lasted 576 ± 277 s at a V˙E of 34.5 ± 12.1 L·min-1 (58% ± 6% of V˙Epeak), a respiratory rate of 22 ± 4 breaths per minute, and a tidal volume of 1.43 ± 0.43 L. From rest to the end of hyperpnea exercise, V˙O2 increased by 0.35 ± 0.16 L·min-1 (P < 0.001), whereas end-tidal CO2 partial pressure and arterial PCO2 decreased by ~2 mm Hg (P = 0.031) and ~5 mm Hg (P = 0.002, n = 13), respectively. Moreover, inspiratory capacity fell from 2.44 ± 0.84 L at rest to 1.96 ± 0.59 L (P = 0.002). During the same period, heart rate and cardiac output increased from 69 ± 12 bpm and 4.94 ± 1.15 L·min-1 at rest to 87 ± 17 bpm (P = 0.002) and 5.92 ± 1.58 L·min-1 (P = 0.007), respectively. During hyperpnea exercise, intercostal deoxyhemoglobin and total hemoglobin increased by 14.26% ± 13.72% (P = 0.001) and 8.69% ± 12.49% (P = 0.003) compared with their resting value. However, during the same period, vastus lateralis oxygenation remained stable (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In patients with COPD, normocapnic hyperpnea exercise provided a potent cardiorespiratory physiological stimulus, including dynamic hyperinflation, and increased intercostal deoxyhemoglobin consistent with enhanced requirement for muscle O2 extraction.
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- Ferid Oueslati
- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, CANADA
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MacAskill W, Hoffman B, Johnson MA, Sharpe GR, Mills DE. Pressure measurement characteristics of a micro-transducer and balloon catheters. Physiol Rep 2021; 9:e14831. [PMID: 33938126 PMCID: PMC8090844 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Respiratory pressure responses to cervical magnetic stimulation are important measurements in monitoring the mechanical function of the respiratory muscles. Pressures can be measured using balloon catheters or a catheter containing integrated micro‐transducers. However, no research has provided a comprehensive analysis of their pressure measurement characteristics. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to provide a comparative analysis of these characteristics in two separate experiments: (1) in vitro with a reference pressure transducer following a controlled pressurization; and (2) in vivo following cervical magnetic stimulations. In vitro the micro‐transducer catheter recorded pressure amplitudes and areas which were in closer agreement to the reference pressure transducer than the balloon catheter. In vivo there was a main effect for stimulation power and catheter for esophageal (Pes), gastric (Pga), and transdiaphragmatic (Pdi) pressure amplitudes (p < 0.001) with the micro‐transducer catheter recording larger pressure amplitudes. There was a main effect of stimulation power (p < 0.001) and no main effect of catheter for esophageal (p = 0.481), gastric (p = 0.923), and transdiaphragmatic (p = 0.964) pressure areas. At 100% stimulator power agreement between catheters for Pdi amplitude (bias =6.9 cmH2O and LOA −0.61 to 14.27 cmH2O) and pressure areas (bias = −0.05 cmH2O·s and LOA −1.22 to 1.11 cmH2O·s) were assessed. At 100% stimulator power, and compared to the balloon catheters, the micro‐transducer catheter displayed a shorter 10–90% rise time, contraction time, latency, and half‐relaxation time, alongside greater maximal rates of change in pressure for esophageal, gastric, and transdiaphragmatic pressure amplitudes (p < 0.05). These results suggest that caution is warranted if comparing pressure amplitude results utilizing different catheter systems, or if micro‐transducers are used in clinical settings while applying balloon catheter‐derived normative values. However, pressure areas could be used as an alternative point of comparison between catheter systems.
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- William MacAskill
- Respiratory and Exercise Physiology Research Group, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, Australia.,Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, Australia
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- Respiratory and Exercise Physiology Research Group, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, Australia.,Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, Australia.,School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Exercise and Health Research Group, Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement (SHAPE) Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Exercise and Health Research Group, Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement (SHAPE) Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory and Exercise Physiology Research Group, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, Australia.,Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, Australia
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Polkey MI, Ambrosino N. Inspiratory muscle training in COPD: can data finally beat emotion? Thorax 2018; 73:900-901. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Fisk M, Cheriyan J, Mohan D, McEniery CM, Forman J, Cockcroft JR, Rudd JHF, Tal-Singer R, Hopkinson NS, Polkey MI, Wilkinson IB. Vascular inflammation and aortic stiffness: potential mechanisms of increased vascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Res 2018; 19:100. [PMID: 29793484 PMCID: PMC5968523 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0792-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex inflammatory condition in which an important extra-pulmonary manifestation is cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that COPD patients would have increased aortic inflammation and stiffness, as candidate mechanisms mediating increased cardiovascular risk, compared to two negative control groups: healthy never-smokers and smokers without COPD. We also studied patients with COPD due to alpha− 1 antitrypsin deficiency (α1ATD) as a comparator lung disease group. Methods Participants underwent 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography imaging to quantify aortic inflammation as the tissue-to-blood-ratio (TBR) of FDG uptake. Aortic stiffness was measured by carotid-femoral aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV). Results Eighty-five usual COPD (COPD due to smoking), 12 α1ATD-COPD patients and 12 each smokers and never-smokers were studied. There was no difference in pack years smoked between COPD patients and smokers (45 ± 25 vs 37 ± 19, p = 0.36), but α1ATD patients smoked significantly less (19 ± 11, p < 0.001 for both). By design, spirometry measures were lower in COPD and α1ATD-COPD patients compared to smokers and never-smokers. Aortic inflammation and stiffness were increased in COPD (TBR: 1.90 ± 0.38, aPWV: 9.9 ± 2.6 m/s) and α1ATD patients (TBR: 1.94 ± 0.43, aPWV: 9.5 ± 1.8 m/s) compared with smokers (TBR: 1.74 ± 0.30, aPWV: 7.8 ± 1.8 m/s, p < 0.05 all) and never-smokers (TBR: 1.71 ± 0.34, aPWV: 7.9 ± 1.7 m/s, p ≤ 0.05 all). Conclusions In this cross-sectional prospective study, novel findings were that both usual COPD and α1ATD-COPD patients have increased aortic inflammation and stiffness compared to smoking and never-smoking controls, regardless of smoking history. These findings suggest that the presence of COPD lung disease per se may be associated with adverse aortic wall changes, and aortic inflammation and stiffening are potential mechanisms mediating increased vascular risk observed in COPD patients. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12931-018-0792-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Marie Fisk
- Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK.,GSK R&D, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Wales Heart Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge & Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK
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- NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK
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- Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Hind M, Polkey MI, Simonds AK. AJRCCM: 100-Year Anniversary. Homeward Bound: A Centenary of Home Mechanical Ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2017; 195:1140-1149. [PMID: 28459325 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201702-0285ci] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The evolution of home mechanical ventilation is an intertwined chronicle of negative and positive pressure modes and their role in managing ventilatory failure in neuromuscular diseases and other chronic disorders. The uptake of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation has resulted in widespread growth in home ventilation internationally and fewer patients being ventilated invasively. As with many applications of domiciliary medical technology, home ventilatory support has either led or run in parallel with acute hospital applications and has been influenced by medical and societal shifts in the approach to chronic care, the creation of community support teams, a preference of recipients to be treated at home, and economic imperatives. This review summarizes the trends and growing evidence base for ventilatory support outside the hospital.
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- Matthew Hind
- National Institute for Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Panagiotou M, Polychronopoulos V, Strange C. Respiratory and lower limb muscle function in interstitial lung disease. Chron Respir Dis 2016; 13:162-72. [PMID: 26768011 DOI: 10.1177/1479972315626014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Growing evidence suggests that respiratory and limb muscle function may be impaired in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Importantly, muscle dysfunction could promote dyspnoea, fatigue and functional limitation all of which are cardinal features of ILD. This article examines the risk factors for skeletal muscle dysfunction in ILD, reviews the current evidence on overall respiratory and limb muscle function and focuses on the occurrence and implications of skeletal muscle dysfunction in ILD. Research limitations and pathways to address the current knowledge gaps are highlighted.
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- Marios Panagiotou
- Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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Nikoletou D, Man WDC, Mustfa N, Moore J, Rafferty G, Grant RL, Johnson L, Moxham J. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a home-based inspiratory muscle training programme in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using multiple inspiratory muscle tests. Disabil Rehabil 2015; 38:250-9. [PMID: 25885668 DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1036171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based inspiratory muscle training (IMT) programme using multiple inspiratory muscle tests. METHOD Sixty-eight patients (37 M) with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Mean [SD], FEV1 36.1 [13.6]% pred.; FEV1/FVC 35.7 [11.2]%) were randomised into an experimental or control group and trained with a threshold loading device at intensity >30% maximum inspiratory pressure (PImax) or <15% PImax, respectively, for 7 weeks. Thirty-nine patients (23 M) completed the study. The following measures were assessed pre- and post-IMT: PImax, sniff inspiratory nasal pressure (SNIP), diaphragm contractility (Pdi,tw), incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT), respiratory muscle endurance (RME), chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRDQ), the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) and the SF-36. Between-group changes were assessed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). RESULTS PImax and perception of well-being improved significantly post-IMT [p = 0.04 and <0.05 in four domains, respectively]. This was not reflected in SNIP [p = 0.7], Pdi,tw [p = 0.8], RME [p = 0.9] or ISWT [p = 0.5]. CONCLUSIONS A seven-week, community-based IMT programme, with realistic use of health-care resources, improves PImax and perception of well-being but a different design may be required for improvement in other measures. Multiple tests provide a more comprehensive evaluation of changes in muscle function post-IMT. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION A seven-week, home-based inspiratory muscle training programme improves maximal inspiratory pressure and perception of well-being in patients with moderate to severe COPD but not sniff nasal inspiratory pressure or diaphragm contractility, respiratory muscle endurance and exercise capacity. Multiple tests are recommended for a more comprehensive assessment of changes in muscle function following inspiratory muscle training programmes. Therapists need to explore different community-based inspiratory muscle training regimes for COPD patients and identify the optimal exercise protocol that is likely to lead to improvements in diaphragm contractility and exercise capacity.
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- Dimitra Nikoletou
- a Division of Asthma , Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London , London , UK .,b Faculty of Health , Social Care and Education, Kingston and St. George's University , London , UK
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- a Division of Asthma , Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London , London , UK .,c NIHR Biomedical Research Unit for Advanced Lung Disease, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London , London , UK
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- a Division of Asthma , Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London , London , UK .,d Department of Respiratory Medicine , University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust , London , UK , and
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- e King's College Hospital NHS Trust , London , UK
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- a Division of Asthma , Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London , London , UK
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- b Faculty of Health , Social Care and Education, Kingston and St. George's University , London , UK
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- a Division of Asthma , Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London , London , UK
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- a Division of Asthma , Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London , London , UK
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COPD is characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. The morphological basis for airflow obstruction results from a varying combination of obstructive changes in peripheral conducting airways and destructive changes in respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli. A reduction of vascularity within the alveolar septa has been reported in emphysema. Typical physiological changes reflect these structural abnormalities. Spirometry documents airflow obstruction when the FEV1/FVC ratio is reduced below the lower limit of normality, although in early disease stages FEV1 and airway conductance are not affected. Current guidelines recommend testing for bronchoreversibility at least once and the postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC be used for COPD diagnosis; the nature of bronchodilator response remains controversial, however. One major functional consequence of altered lung mechanics is lung hyperinflation. FRC may increase as a result of static or dynamic mechanisms, or both. The link between dynamic lung hyperinflation and expiratory flow limitation during tidal breathing has been demonstrated. Hyperinflation may increase the load on inspiratory muscles, with resulting length adaptation of diaphragm. Reduction of exercise tolerance is frequently noted, with compelling evidence that breathlessness and altered lung mechanics play a major role. Lung function measurements have been traditionally used as prognostic indices and to monitor disease progression; FEV1 has been most widely used. An increase in FVC is also considered as proof of bronchodilatation. Decades of work has provided insight into the histological, functional, and biological features of COPD. This has provided a clearer understanding of important pathobiological processes and has provided additional therapeutic options.
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Langer D, Ciavaglia CE, Neder JA, Webb KA, O'Donnell DE. Lung hyperinflation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: mechanisms, clinical implications and treatment. Expert Rev Respir Med 2014; 8:731-49. [PMID: 25159007 DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2014.949676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lung hyperinflation is highly prevalent in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and occurs across the continuum of the disease. A growing body of evidence suggests that lung hyperinflation contributes to dyspnea and activity limitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is an important independent risk factor for mortality. In this review, we will summarize the recent literature on pathogenesis and clinical implications of lung hyperinflation. We will outline the contribution of lung hyperinflation to exercise limitation and discuss its impact on symptoms and physical activity. Finally, we will examine the physiological rationale and efficacy of selected pharmacological and non-pharmacological 'lung deflating' interventions aimed at improving symptoms and physical functioning.
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- Daniel Langer
- Respiratory Investigation Unit, Queen's University & Kingston General Hospital, 102 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON K7L 2V6, Canada
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Use of a two-way non-rebreathing valve to simplify the measurement of twitch mouth pressure using an inspiratory pressure trigger and the establishment of an optimal trigger threshold for healthy subjects and COPD patients. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2014; 201:47-54. [PMID: 25014406 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2014.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2014] [Revised: 06/25/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Controlled twitch mouth pressure (Tw Pmo) via the use of a two-way non-rebreathing valve is a new method to assess diaphragm contractility. The optimal trigger threshold was confirmed. DESIGN We sought to determine the optimal trigger threshold for 17 healthy subjects (29±4 years) and 17 COPD patients (64±10 years). The Tw Pmo, twitch oesophageal pressure (Tw Pes) and twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure (Tw Pdi) in response to phrenic nerve stimulation were measured using an inspiratory pressure trigger at -1, -2, -3, -4, -5 and -6 cmH2O. RESULTS The lung volume did not change during triggering at different trigger thresholds using a two-way non-rebreathing valve. The highest correlation between Tw Pmo and Tw Pes in healthy subjects and COPD patients occurred for a -2 cmH2O trigger threshold (r=0.939 and r=0.869, P<0.0001). The narrowest limits of agreement for Tw Pmo and Tw Pes both occurred at -2 cmH2O in healthy subjects, with a bias (range) of -0.4 cmH2O (-1.85 to 1.41), and in COPD patients, with a bias (range) of 0.1 6cmH2O (-1.36-1.67). CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the measurement of Tw Pmo using a two-way non-rebreathing valve is of clinical value to investigate the suspected diaphragm contractility. The highest trigger threshold for clinical applications was -2 cmH2O.
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Louvaris Z, Vogiatzis I, Aliverti A, Habazettl H, Wagner H, Wagner P, Zakynthinos S. Blood flow does not redistribute from respiratory to leg muscles during exercise breathing heliox or oxygen in COPD. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2014; 117:267-76. [PMID: 24903919 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00490.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), one of the proposed mechanisms for improving exercise tolerance, when work of breathing is experimentally reduced, is redistribution of blood flow from the respiratory to locomotor muscles. Accordingly, we investigated whether exercise capacity is improved on the basis of blood flow redistribution during exercise while subjects are breathing heliox (designed to primarily reduce the mechanical work of breathing) and during exercise with oxygen supplementation (designed to primarily enhance systemic oxygen delivery but also to reduce mechanical work of breathing). Intercostal, abdominal, and vastus lateralis muscle perfusion were simultaneously measured in 10 patients with COPD (forced expiratory volume in 1 s: 46 ± 12% predicted) by near-infrared spectroscopy using indocyanine green dye. Measurements were performed during constant-load exercise at 75% of peak capacity to exhaustion while subjects breathed room air and, then at the same workload, breathed either normoxic heliox (helium 79% and oxygen 21%) or 100% oxygen, the latter two in balanced order. Times to exhaustion while breathing heliox and oxygen did not differ (659 ± 42 s with heliox and 696 ± 48 s with 100% O2), but both exceeded that on room air (406 ± 36 s, P < 0.001). At exhaustion, intercostal and abdominal muscle blood flow during heliox (9.5 ± 0.6 and 8.0 ± 0.7 ml · min(-1)·100 g(-1), respectively) was greater compared with room air (6.8 ± 0.5 and 6.0 ± 0.5 ml·min(-1)·100 g·, respectively; P < 0.05), whereas neither intercostal nor abdominal muscle blood flow differed between oxygen and air breathing. Quadriceps muscle blood flow was also greater with heliox compared with room air (30.2 ± 4.1 vs. 25.4 ± 2.9 ml·min(-1)·100 g(-1); P < 0.01) but did not differ between air and oxygen breathing. Although our findings confirm that reducing the burden on respiration by heliox or oxygen breathing prolongs time to exhaustion (at 75% of maximal capacity) in patients with COPD, they do not support the hypothesis that redistribution of blood flow from the respiratory to locomotor muscles is the explanation.
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- Zafeiris Louvaris
- First Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Services, GP Livanos and M Simou Laboratories, Medical School of Athens University, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Services, GP Livanos and M Simou Laboratories, Medical School of Athens University, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Athens, Greece; University of the West of Scotland, Institute of Clinical Exercise and Health Sciences, Hamilton, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Biongegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano Italy
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- Institute of Physiology, Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Anesthesiology, German Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- First Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Services, GP Livanos and M Simou Laboratories, Medical School of Athens University, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Wüthrich TU, Eberle EC, Spengler CM. Locomotor and diaphragm muscle fatigue in endurance athletes performing time-trials of different durations. Eur J Appl Physiol 2014; 114:1619-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s00421-014-2889-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 04/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The systemic effects and comorbidities of chronic respiratory disease such as COPD contribute substantially to its burden. Symptoms in COPD do not solely arise from the degree of airflow obstruction as exercise limitation is compounded by the specific secondary manifestations of the disease including skeletal muscle impairment, osteoporosis, mood disturbance, anemia, and hormonal imbalance. Pulmonary rehabilitation targets the systemic manifestations of COPD, the causes of which include inactivity, systemic inflammation, hypoxia and corticosteroid treatment. Comorbidities are common, including cardiac disease, obesity, and metabolic syndrome and should not preclude pulmonary rehabilitation as they may also benefit from similar approaches.
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- Rachael A Evans
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK.
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Laveneziana P, Guenette JA, Webb KA, O’Donnell DE. New physiological insights into dyspnea and exercise intolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Expert Rev Respir Med 2014; 6:651-62. [DOI: 10.1586/ers.12.70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bachasson D, Wuyam B, Pepin JL, Tamisier R, Levy P, Verges S. Quadriceps and respiratory muscle fatigue following high-intensity cycling in COPD patients. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83432. [PMID: 24324843 PMCID: PMC3855800 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Exercise intolerance in COPD seems to combine abnormal ventilatory mechanics, impaired O2 transport and skeletal muscle dysfunction. However their relatie contribution and their influence on symptoms reported by patients remain to be clarified. In order to clarify the complex interaction between ventilatory and neuromuscular exercise limiting factors and symptoms, we evaluated respiratory muscles and quadriceps contractile fatigue, dynamic hyperinflation and symptoms induced by exhaustive high-intensity cycling in COPD patients. Fifteen gold II-III COPD patients (age = 67±6 yr; BMI = 26.6±4.2 kg.m-2) performed constant-load cycling test at 80% of their peak workload until exhaustion (9.3±2.4 min). Before exercise and at exhaustion, potentiated twitch quadriceps strength (Qtw), transdiaphragmatic (Pdi,tw) and gastric (Pga,tw) pressures were evoked by femoral nerve, cervical and thoracic magnetic stimulation, respectively. Changes in operational lung volumes during exercise were assessed via repetitive inspiratory capacity (IC) measurements. Dyspnoea and leg discomfort were measured on visual analog scale. At exhaustion, Qtw (-33±15%, >15% reduction observed in all patients but two) and Pdi,tw (-20±15%, >15% reduction in 6 patients) were significantly reduced (P<0.05) but not Pga,tw (-6±10%, >15% reduction in 3 patients). Percentage reduction in Qtw correlated with the percentage reduction in Pdi,tw (r=0.66; P<0.05). Percentage reductions in Pdi,tw and Pga,tw negatively correlated with the reduction in IC at exhaustion (r=-0.56 and r=-0.62, respectively; P<0.05). Neither dyspnea nor leg discomfort correlated with the amount of muscle fatigue. In conclusion, high-intensity exercise induces quadriceps, diaphragm and less frequently abdominal contractile fatigue in this group of COPD patients. In addition, the rise in end-expiratory lung volume and diaphragm flattening associated with dynamic hyperinflation in COPD might limit the development of abdominal and diaphragm muscle fatigue. This study underlines that both respiratory and quadriceps fatigue should be considered to understand the complex interplay of factors leading to exercise intolerance in COPD patients.
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- Damien Bachasson
- Grenoble Alpes University, HP2 Laboratory, Grenoble, France
- INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France
- CHU, Grenoble Locomotor Unit, Reeducation & Physiology, Clinical Physiology, Sleep and Exercise, Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Alpes University, HP2 Laboratory, Grenoble, France
- INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France
- CHU, Grenoble Locomotor Unit, Reeducation & Physiology, Clinical Physiology, Sleep and Exercise, Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Alpes University, HP2 Laboratory, Grenoble, France
- INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France
- CHU, Grenoble Locomotor Unit, Reeducation & Physiology, Clinical Physiology, Sleep and Exercise, Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Alpes University, HP2 Laboratory, Grenoble, France
- INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France
- CHU, Grenoble Locomotor Unit, Reeducation & Physiology, Clinical Physiology, Sleep and Exercise, Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Alpes University, HP2 Laboratory, Grenoble, France
- INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France
- CHU, Grenoble Locomotor Unit, Reeducation & Physiology, Clinical Physiology, Sleep and Exercise, Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Alpes University, HP2 Laboratory, Grenoble, France
- INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France
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During dynamic exercise, the healthy pulmonary system faces several major challenges, including decreases in mixed venous oxygen content and increases in mixed venous carbon dioxide. As such, the ventilatory demand is increased, while the rising cardiac output means that blood will have considerably less time in the pulmonary capillaries to accomplish gas exchange. Blood gas homeostasis must be accomplished by precise regulation of alveolar ventilation via medullary neural networks and sensory reflex mechanisms. It is equally important that cardiovascular and pulmonary system responses to exercise be precisely matched to the increase in metabolic requirements, and that the substantial gas transport needs of both respiratory and locomotor muscles be considered. Our article addresses each of these topics with emphasis on the healthy, young adult exercising in normoxia. We review recent evidence concerning how exercise hyperpnea influences sympathetic vasoconstrictor outflow and the effect this might have on the ability to perform muscular work. We also review sex-based differences in lung mechanics.
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- Andrew William Sheel
- The School of Kinesiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Zhang D, Gong H, Lu G, Guo H, Li R, Zhong N, Polkey M, Luo Y. Respiratory motor output during an inspiratory capacity maneuver is preserved despite submaximal exercise. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 189:87-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Finucane KE, Singh B. Diaphragm efficiency estimated as power output relative to activation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 113:1567-75. [PMID: 22995393 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01453.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Muscle efficiency increases with fiber length and decreases with load. Diaphragm efficiency (Eff(di)) in healthy humans, measured as power output (Wdi) relative to the root mean square of diaphragm electromyogram (RMS(di)), increases with hyperpnea due to phasic activity of abdominal muscles acting to increase diaphragm length at end expiration (L(di ee)) and decrease inspiratory load. In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hyperpnea may decrease Eff(di) if L(di ee) decreases and load increases due to airflow obstruction and dynamic hyperinflation. To examine this hypothesis, we measured Eff(di) in six COPD subjects (mean forced expiratory volume in 1 s: 54% predicted) when breathing air and at intervals during progressive hypercapnic hyperpnea. Wdi was measured as the product of mean inspiratory transdiaphragmatic pressure (ΔPdi(mean)), diaphragm tidal volume measured fluoroscopically, and 1/inspiratory duration. Results were compared with those of six healthy subjects reported previously. In COPD, L(di ee) was normal when breathing air. ΔPdi(mean) and Wdi increased normally, and RMS(di) increased disproportionately (P = 0.01) with hyperpnea, and, unlike health, inspiratory capacity (IC), L(di ee), and Eff(di) did not increase. IC and L(di ee) were constant with hyperpnea because mean expiratory flow increased as expiratory duration decreased (r(2) = 0.65), and because expiratory flow was terminated actively by the balance between expiratory and inspiratory muscle forces near end expiration, and these forces increased proportionately with hyperpnea (r(2) = 0.49). At maximum ventilation, diaphragm radius of curvature at end inspiration increased in COPD (P = 0.04) but not controls; diaphragm radius of curvature at end inspiration and ln(Eff(di)) were negatively correlated (P = 0.01). Thus in COPD with modest airflow obstruction, Eff(di) did not increase normally with hyperpnea due to a constant L(di ee) and inspiratory flattening of the diaphragm.
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- Kevin E Finucane
- Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.
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Donaldson AV, Maddocks M, Martolini D, Polkey MI, Man WDC. Muscle function in COPD: a complex interplay. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2012; 7:523-35. [PMID: 22973093 PMCID: PMC3430120 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s28247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The skeletal muscles play an essential role in life, providing the mechanical basis for respiration and movement. Skeletal muscle dysfunction is prevalent in all stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and significantly influences symptoms, functional capacity, health related quality of life, health resource usage and even mortality. Furthermore, in contrast to the lungs, the skeletal muscles are potentially remedial with existing therapy, namely exercise-training. This review summarizes clinical and laboratory observations of the respiratory and peripheral skeletal muscles (in particular the diaphragm and quadriceps), and current understanding of the underlying etiological processes. As further progress is made in the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle dysfunction, new pharmacological therapies are likely to emerge to treat this important extra-pulmonary manifestation of COPD.
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- Anna V Donaldson
- NIHR Respiratory Biomedical, Research Unit, Royal Brompton, and Harefield NHS Foundation, Trust and Imperial College, London
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Reilly CC, Ward K, Jolley CJ, Frank LA, Elston C, Moxham J, Rafferty GF. Effect of endurance exercise on respiratory muscle function in patients with cystic fibrosis. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2012; 180:316-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hill K, Eastwood P. Effects of loading on upper airway and respiratory pump muscle motoneurons. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2011; 179:64-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Revised: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Luo Y, Li R, Jolley C, Wu H, Steier J, Moxham J, Zhong N. Neural Respiratory Drive in Patients with COPD during Exercise Tests. Respiration 2011; 81:294-301. [DOI: 10.1159/000317136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Accepted: 04/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Qin YY, Steier J, Jolley C, Moxham J, Zhong NS, Luo YM. Efficiency of Neural Drive During Exercise in Patients With COPD and Healthy Subjects. Chest 2010; 138:1309-15. [DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-2824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Gigliotti F. Mechanisms of dyspnea in healthy subjects. Multidiscip Respir Med 2010; 5:195-201. [PMID: 22958405 PMCID: PMC3463042 DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-5-3-195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dyspnea is a general term used to characterize a range of different descriptors; it varies in intensity, and is influenced by a wide variety of factors such as cultural expectations and the patient's experiences. Healthy subjects can experience dyspnea in different situations, e.g. at high altitude, after breath-holding, during stressful situations that cause anxiety or panic, and more commonly during strenuous exercise. Discussing the mechanisms of dyspnea we need to briefly take into account the physiological mechanisms underlying the sensation of dyspnea: the functional status of the respiratory muscles, the role of chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors, and how the sense of respiratory motor output reaches a level of conscious awareness. We also need to take into account theories on the pathophysiological mechanisms of the sensation of dyspnea and the possibility that each pathophysiological mechanism produces a distinct quality of breathing discomfort. The terms used by subjects to identify different characteristics of breathing discomfort - dyspnea descriptors - may contribute to understanding the mechanisms of dyspnea and providing the rationale for a specific diagnosis.
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- Francesco Gigliotti
- Department of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Fondazione Don C, Gnocchi, Florence, Italy.
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Amann M, Regan MS, Kobitary M, Eldridge MW, Boutellier U, Pegelow DF, Dempsey JA. Impact of pulmonary system limitations on locomotor muscle fatigue in patients with COPD. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 299:R314-24. [PMID: 20445160 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00183.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined the effects of respiratory muscle work [inspiratory (W(r-insp)); expiratory (W(r-exp))] and arterial oxygenation (Sp(O(2))) on exercise-induced locomotor muscle fatigue in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Eight patients (FEV, 48 +/- 4%) performed constant-load cycling to exhaustion (Ctrl; 9.8 +/- 1.2 min). In subsequent trials, the identical exercise was repeated with 1) proportional assist ventilation + heliox (PAV); 2) heliox (He:21% O(2)); 3) 60% O(2) inspirate (hyperoxia); or 4) hyperoxic heliox mixture (He:40% O(2)). Five age-matched healthy control subjects performed Ctrl exercise at the same relative workload but for 14.7 min ( approximately best COPD performance). Exercise-induced quadriceps fatigue was assessed via changes in quadriceps twitch force (Q(tw,pot)) from before to 10 min after exercise in response to supramaximal femoral nerve stimulation. During Ctrl, absolute workload (124 +/- 6 vs. 62 +/- 7 W), W(r-insp) (207 +/- 18 vs. 301 +/- 37 cmH(2)O x s x min(-1)), W(r-exp) (172 +/- 15 vs. 635 +/- 58 cmH(2)O x s x min(-1)), and Sp(O(2)) (96 +/- 1% vs. 87 +/- 3%) differed between control subjects and patients. Various interventions altered W(r-insp), W(r-exp), and Sp(O(2)) from Ctrl (PAV: -55 +/- 5%, -21 +/- 7%, +6 +/- 2%; He:21% O(2): -16 +/- 2%, -25 +/- 5%, +4 +/- 1%; hyperoxia: -11 +/- 2%, -17 +/- 4%, +16 +/- 4%; He:40% O(2): -22 +/- 2%, -27 +/- 6%, +15 +/- 4%). Ten minutes after Ctrl exercise, Q(tw,pot) was reduced by 25 +/- 2% (P < 0.01) in all COPD and 2 +/- 1% (P = 0.07) in healthy control subjects. In COPD, DeltaQ(tw,pot) was attenuated by one-third after each interventional trial; however, most of the exercise-induced reductions in Q(tw,pot) remained. Our findings suggest that the high susceptibility to locomotor muscle fatigue in patients with COPD is in part attributable to insufficient O(2) transport as a consequence of exaggerated arterial hypoxemia and/or excessive respiratory muscle work but also support a critical role for the well-known altered intrinsic muscle characteristics in these patients.
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- Markus Amann
- John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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Hopkinson NS, Dayer MJ, Moxham J, Polkey MI. Abdominal muscle fatigue following exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Res 2010; 11:15. [PMID: 20132549 PMCID: PMC2824704 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-11-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 02/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a restriction on maximum ventilatory capacity contributes to exercise limitation. It has been demonstrated that the diaphragm in COPD is relatively protected from fatigue during exercise. Because of expiratory flow limitation the abdominal muscles are activated early during exercise in COPD. This adds significantly to the work of breathing and may therefore contribute to exercise limitation. In healthy subjects, prior expiratory muscle fatigue has been shown itself to contribute to the development of quadriceps fatigue. It is not known whether fatigue of the abdominal muscles occurs during exercise in COPD. Methods Twitch gastric pressure (TwT10Pga), elicited by magnetic stimulation over the 10th thoracic vertebra and twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure (TwPdi), elicited by bilateral anterolateral magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation were measured before and after symptom-limited, incremental cycle ergometry in patients with COPD. Results Twenty-three COPD patients, with a mean (SD) FEV1 40.8(23.1)% predicted, achieved a mean peak workload of 53.5(15.9) W. Following exercise, TwT10Pga fell from 51.3(27.1) cmH2O to 47.4(25.2) cmH2O (p = 0.011). TwPdi did not change significantly; pre 17.0(6.4) cmH2O post 17.5(5.9) cmH2O (p = 0.7). Fatiguers, defined as having a fall TwT10Pga ≥ 10% had significantly worse lung gas transfer, but did not differ in other exercise parameters. Conclusions In patients with COPD, abdominal muscle but not diaphragm fatigue develops following symptom limited incremental cycle ergometry. Further work is needed to establish whether abdominal muscle fatigue is relevant to exercise limitation in COPD, perhaps indirectly through an effect on quadriceps fatigability.
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- Nicholas S Hopkinson
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, Royal Brompton Hospital, Fulham Rd, London SW3 6NP, UK.
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Respiratory rehabilitation is known to improve outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The question addressed in the present review is whether these beneficial effects are related to improvements in inspiratory muscle function. Respiratory muscle fatigue often did not occur during exercise in patients with COPD, since exercise limitation usually occurred when significant force reserve in the inspiratory muscles was still present. Notwithstanding, a number of observations may provide indirect evidence that respiratory muscle fatigue may occur during exercise. Some evidence is present that, in normal humans, whole body exercise training improved inspiratory muscle endurance, but no studies are available in patients with COPD. Animal studies invariably demonstrated that exercise training increased the number of oxidative fibers and oxidative enzyme activity in inspiratory muscles. These effects, however, were considerably smaller than the effects found on peripheral muscles with similar fiber composition. Clear evidence indicated that inspiratory muscle training (IMT) improved inspiratory muscle function. Two large meta-analyses indicated that, if the training load was properly controlled, IMT alone or combined with general exercise reconditioning improved inspiratory muscle strength and endurance and dyspnea. The combination did not result in greater improvements in functional exercise capacity. Animal studies and one patient study confirmed the occurrence of structural remodeling of the inspiratory muscles in response to IMT. The final question is whether improvements in inspiratory muscle function produced by IMT lead to improved outcomes in COPD. In all five studies in which training load was adequately controlled, a significant reduction of dyspnea during activities of daily living was found. Eight randomized studies examined the effects of the combination. Greater improvements in exercise capacity were only found in three studies, and none showed a greater reduction in dyspnea.
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Exercise and muscle dysfunction in COPD: implications for pulmonary rehabilitation. Clin Sci (Lond) 2009; 117:281-91. [DOI: 10.1042/cs20080660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Skeletal muscle dysfunction in COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) patients, particularly of the quadriceps, is of clinical interest because it not only influences the symptoms that limit exercise, but may also contribute directly to poor exercise performance and health status, increased healthcare utilization, and mortality. Furthermore, unlike the largely irreversible impairment of the COPD lung, skeletal muscles represent a potential site to improve patients' level of function and quality of life. However, despite expanding knowledge of potential contributing factors and greater understanding of molecular mechanisms of muscle wasting, only one intervention has been shown to be effective in reversing COPD muscle dysfunction, namely exercise training. Pulmonary rehabilitation, an intervention based on individually tailored exercise training, has emerged as arguably the most effective non-pharmacological intervention in improving exercise capacity and health status in COPD patients. The present review describes the effects of chronic exercise training on skeletal muscles and, in particular, focuses on the known effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on the quadriceps muscle in COPD. We also describe the current methods to augment the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation and speculate how greater knowledge of the molecular pathways of skeletal muscle wasting may aid the development of novel pharmaceutical agents.
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COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), although primarily a disease of the lungs, exhibits secondary systemic manifestations. The skeletal muscles are of particular interest because their function (or dysfunction) not only influences the symptoms that limit exercise, but may contribute directly to poor exercise performance. Furthermore, skeletal muscle weakness is of great clinical importance in COPD as it is recognized to contribute independently to poor health status, increased healthcare utilization and even mortality. The present review describes the current knowledge of the structural and functional abnormalities of skeletal muscles in COPD and the possible aetiological factors. Increasing knowledge of the molecular pathways of muscle wasting will lead to the development of new therapeutic agents and strategies to combat COPD muscle dysfunction.
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McKenzie DK, Butler JE, Gandevia SC. Respiratory muscle function and activation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 107:621-9. [PMID: 19390004 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00163.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Inspiratory muscles are uniquely adapted for endurance, but their function is compromised in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to increased loads, reduced mechanical advantage, and increased ventilatory requirements. The hyperinflation of COPD reduces the flow and pressure-generating capacity of the diaphragm. This is compensated by a threefold increase in neural drive, adaptations of the chest wall and diaphragm shape to accommodate the increased volume, and adaptations of muscle fibers to preserve strength and increase endurance. Paradoxical indrawing of the lower costal margin during inspiration in severe COPD (Hoover's sign) correlates with high inspiratory drive and severe airflow obstruction rather than contraction of radially oriented diaphragm fibers. The inspiratory muscles remain highly resistant to fatigue in patients with COPD, and the ultimate development of ventilatory failure is associated with insufficient central drive. Sleep is associated with reduced respiratory drive and impairments of lung and chest wall function, which are exaggerated in COPD patients. Profound hypoxemia and hypercapnia can occur in rapid eye movement sleep and contribute to the development of cor pulmonale. Inspiratory muscles adapt to chronic loading with an increased proportion of slow, fatigue-resistant fiber types, increased oxidative capacity, and reduced fiber cross-sectional area, but the capacity of the diaphragm to increase ventilation in exercise is compromised in COPD. In COPD, neural drive to the diaphragm increases to near maximal levels in exercise, but it does not develop peripheral muscle fatigue. The improvement in exercise capacity and dyspnea following lung volume reduction surgery is associated with a substantial reduction in neural drive to the inspiratory muscles.
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Effect of expiratory resistive loading on inspiratory and expiratory muscle fatigue. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2009; 166:164-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Revised: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Clanton TL, Levine S. Respiratory muscle fiber remodeling in chronic hyperinflation: dysfunction or adaptation? J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 107:324-35. [PMID: 19359619 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00173.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The diaphragm and other respiratory muscles undergo extensive remodeling in both animal models of emphysema and in human chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but the nature of the remodeling is different in many respects. One common feature is a shift toward improved endurance characteristics and increased oxidative capacity. Furthermore, both animals and humans respond to chronic hyperinflation by diaphragm shortening. Although in rodent models this clearly arises by deletion of sarcomeres in series, the mechanism has not been proven conclusively in human chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Unique characteristics of the adaptation in human diaphragms include shifts to more predominant slow, type I fibers, expressing slower myosin heavy chain isoforms, and type I and type II fiber atrophy. Although some laboratories report reductions in specific force, this may be accounted for by decreases in myosin heavy chain content as the muscles become more oxidative and more efficient. More recent findings have reported reductions in Ca(2+) sensitivity and reduced myofibrillar elastic recoil. In contrast, in rodent models of disease, there is no consistent evidence for loss of specific force, no consistent shift in fiber populations, and atrophy is predominantly seen only in fast, type IIX fibers. This review challenges the hypothesis that the adaptations in human diaphragm represent a form of dysfunction, secondary to systemic disease, and suggest that most findings can as well be attributed to adaptive processes of a complex muscle responding to unique alterations in its working environment.
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- Thomas L Clanton
- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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Aliverti A. Lung and chest wall mechanics during exercise: Effects of expiratory flow limitation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2008; 163:90-9. [PMID: 18721912 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2008] [Revised: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Andrea Aliverti
- TBM Lab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, P. zza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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The usefulness of diaphragm electromyography recorded from an oesophageal electrode depends on a reliable signal which is free of artefact. The diaphragm EMG (electromyogram) recorded from chest wall surface electrodes may be unreliable because of signal contamination from muscle activity other than the diaphragm. Initially, the oesophageal electrode catheter for human studies had only one electrode pair, which could be difficult to position accurately and was influenced by a change in lung volume. Recently, a multipair oesophageal electrode has been developed which allows a high-quality EMG to be recorded. In the present review, the progress of oesophageal electrode design is outlined. The effects of signal contamination, electrode movement and particularly the effect of change in lung volume on the diaphragm EMG are discussed. The diaphragm EMG, recorded from a multipair oesophageal electrode, is useful to assess neural respiratory drive and diaphragm function in different groups of patients with respiratory disease, including patients with neuromuscular disease and sleep-disordered breathing, and those in the intensive care unit. When combined with cervical and cranial magnetic stimulation, an oesophageal electrode can be used to partition the central respiratory response time and phrenic nerve conduction time.
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O'Donnell DE, Webb KA. The major limitation to exercise performance in COPD is dynamic hyperinflation. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2008; 105:753-5; discussion 755-7. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90336.2008b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Stubbings AK, Moore AJ, Dusmet M, Goldstraw P, West TG, Polkey MI, Ferenczi MA. Physiological properties of human diaphragm muscle fibres and the effect of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Physiol 2008; 586:2637-50. [PMID: 18372305 PMCID: PMC2464347 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.149799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2007] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The contractile and actomyosin ATPase properties of single fibres were examined in human diaphragm muscle obtained from patients with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Costal diaphragm biopsies were taken from five patients without evidence of COPD and from 11 age-matched individuals with varying degrees of the disease. Our aim was to establish whether changes in contractile properties of COPD diaphragm could be fully explained by the previously documented shift towards a greater proportion of type I myosin heavy chain isoform in COPD. The relative proportion of type I diaphragm fibres from non-COPD and COPD patients was measured by gel electrophoresis, and was negatively correlated with FEV(1) over the full range of values investigated. There was also significant atrophy of the type I fibre population in COPD diaphragms. Isometric tension was similar among the fibre types and between the COPD and non-COPD patients. The intrinsic energetic properties of diaphragm fibres were examined by monitoring the time-resolved actomyosin ATPase activity in COPD and non-COPD fibres that produced similar isometric forces. The isometric ATPase rate in COPD fibres was reduced to 50% of the rate in non-COPD fibres; hence, the cost of isometric contraction in type I and type IIA COPD fibres was reduced to between one-third and one-half of the tension cost calculated for non-COPD fibres. The rate of force development in type I COPD fibres was reduced to 50% of the rate seen in non-COPD type-I fibres. No difference in the rate of ATP consumption between COPD and non-COPD fibres was evident during isovelocity shortening. These data extend previous findings showing that aspects of breathing mechanics during progressive COPD are associated with remodelling of the diaphragm fibre-type distribution; on top of the increase in type I fibres there are fibre-specific reductions in force development rate (type I fibres) and ATPase rate that are consistent with the impairment of cross-bridge cycling kinetics.
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- Alison K Stubbings
- Molecular Medicine Section, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Ottenheijm CAC, Heunks LMA, Dekhuijzen RPN. Diaphragm adaptations in patients with COPD. Respir Res 2008; 9:12. [PMID: 18218129 PMCID: PMC2248576 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-9-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2008] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Inspiratory muscle weakness in patients with COPD is of major clinical relevance. For instance, maximum inspiratory pressure generation is an independent determinant of survival in severe COPD. Traditionally, inspiratory muscle weakness has been ascribed to hyperinflation-induced diaphragm shortening. However, more recently, invasive evaluation of diaphragm contractile function, structure, and biochemistry demonstrated that cellular and molecular alterations occur, of which several can be considered pathologic of nature. Whereas the fiber type shift towards oxidative type I fibers in COPD diaphragm is regarded beneficial, rendering the overloaded diaphragm more resistant to fatigue, the reduction of diaphragm fiber force generation in vitro likely contributes to diaphragm weakness. The reduced diaphragm force generation at single fiber level is associated with loss of myosin content in these fibers. Moreover, the diaphragm in COPD is exposed to oxidative stress and sarcomeric injury. This review postulates that the oxidative stress and sarcomeric injury activate proteolytic machinery, leading to contractile protein wasting and, consequently, loss of force generating capacity of diaphragm fibers in patients with COPD. Interestingly, several of these presumed pathologic alterations are already present early in the course of the disease (GOLD I/II), although these patients appear not limited in their daily life activities. Treatment of diaphragm dysfunction in COPD is complex since its etiology is unclear, but recent findings indicate the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway as a prime target to attenuate diaphragm wasting in COPD.
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- Coen A C Ottenheijm
- Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
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Derom E, Marchand E, Troosters T. Pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 50:615-26, 602-14. [PMID: 17559963 DOI: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2007.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Pulmonary rehabilitation, a multidisciplinary and structured intervention for patients with chronic pulmonary diseases, has been shown to improve exercise tolerance, reduce dyspnea and improve health-related quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation appears to be cost-effective, since it reduces health care utilization. Exercise training represents the cornerstone of every pulmonary rehabilitation program. To obtain clinically relevant effects, training should closely supervised, of high intensity, lasting 30-45 min for at least 3 days/week. Patients should undertake a minimum of 20 sessions, but longer programs result in larger and more long-lasting effects. Education and self-management programs have been shown to result in a substantial reduction in hospital admissions. Nutritional intervention should be considered for patients who are underweight or those with body composition abnormalities. Patients reporting fear and anxiety may benefit from psychosocial support, and the integration of occupational therapy in a pulmonary rehabilitation program can improve independence in activity. Multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation is preferably implemented in an outpatient hospital- or community-based setting. Inpatient programs are suited for patients with limited transportation capabilities or severe deconditioning. The most convincing effects of home-based rehabilitation are in maintaining the improvements obtained in an outpatient setting.
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- E Derom
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Derom E, Marchand E, Troosters T. Réhabilitation du malade atteint de bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2007.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Kabitz HJ, Walterspacher S, Walker D, Windisch W. Inspiratory muscle strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease depending on disease severity. Clin Sci (Lond) 2007; 113:243-9. [PMID: 17391105 DOI: 10.1042/cs20060362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Staging criteria for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) include symptoms and lung function parameters, but the role of reduced inspiratory muscle strength related to disease severity remains unclear. Therefore the present study tested whether inspiratory muscle strength is reduced in COPD and is related to disease severity according to GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) criteria and assessed its clinical impact. PImax (maximal inspiratory mouth occlusion pressure), SnPna (sniff nasal pressure) and TwPmo (twitch mouth pressure) following bilateral anterior magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation were assessed in 33 COPD patients (8 GOLD0, 6 GOLDI, 6 GOLDII, 7 GOLDIII and 6 GOLDIV) and in 28 matched controls. Furthermore, all participants performed a standardized 6 min walking test. In comparison with controls, PImax (11.6±2.5 compared with 7.3±3.0 kPa; P<0.001), SnPna (9.7±2.5 compared with 6.9±3.3 kPa; P<0.001) and TwPmo (1.6±0.6 compared with 0.8±0.4 kPa; P<0.001) were markedly lower in COPD patients. TwPmo decreased with increasing COPD stage. TwPmo was correlated with walking distance (r=0.75; P<0.001), dyspnoea (r=−0.61; P<0.001) and blood gas values following exercise (r>0.57; P<0.001). Inspiratory muscle strength, as reliably assessed by TwPmo, decreased with increasing severity of COPD and should be considered as an important factor in rating disease severity and to reflect burden in COPD.
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Ottenheijm CAC, Heunks LMA, Dekhuijzen PNR. Diaphragm muscle fiber dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: toward a pathophysiological concept. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 175:1233-40. [PMID: 17413128 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200701-020pp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Inspiratory muscle weakness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is of major clinical relevance; maximum inspiratory pressure generation is an independent determinant of survival in severe COPD. Traditionally, inspiratory muscle weakness has been ascribed to hyperinflation-induced diaphragm shortening. However, more recently, invasive evaluation of diaphragm contractile function, structure, and biochemistry demonstrated that cellular and molecular alterations occur, of which several can be considered of pathologic nature. Although the fiber-type shift toward oxidative type I fibers in COPD diaphragm is regarded as beneficial, rendering the overloaded diaphragm more resistant to fatigue, the reduction of diaphragm fiber force generation in vitro likely contributes to diaphragm weakness. The reduced diaphragm force generation at single-fiber level is associated with loss of myosin content. Moreover, the diaphragm in COPD is exposed to oxidative stress and sarcomeric injury. The current Pulmonary Perspective postulates that the oxidative stress and sarcomeric injury activate proteolytic machinery, leading to contractile protein wasting and, consequently, loss of force-generating capacity of diaphragm fibers in patients with COPD. Interestingly, several of these presumed pathologic alterations are already present early in the course of the disease (GOLD I/II), although these patients do not appear to be limited in their daily-life activities. Therefore, investigating in vivo diaphragm function in mild to moderate COPD should be the focus of future research. Treatment of diaphragm dysfunction in COPD is complex because its etiology is unclear, but recent findings show promise for the use of proteasome inhibitors in syndromes associated with muscle wasting, such as the diaphragm in COPD.
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- Coen A C Ottenheijm
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, 454 Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Spruit MA, Wouters EFM. New Modalities of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Sports Med 2007; 37:501-18. [PMID: 17503876 DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737060-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Pulmonary rehabilitation has been shown to be an important part of the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Exercise training is the corner stone of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD and has been shown to improve health-related quality of life and exercise capacity. Nevertheless, not every COPD patient responds well to pulmonary rehabilitation. Future trials should focus on new additions to conventional pulmonary rehabilitation programmes to optimise its effects on health-related quality of life, exercise capacity, body composition and muscle function in patients with COPD. Therefore, a patient-tailored approach is inevitable. Advantages and disadvantages of new modalities of pulmonary rehabilitation will be outlined in detail, including the following: endurance training and long-acting bronchodilatators; endurance training and technical modalities (inspiratory pressure support and inspiratory muscle training); interval training; resistance training; transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation; and exercise training and supplements (oxygen, oral creatine, anabolic steroids and polyunsaturated fatty acids). Based on well defined baseline characteristics, patients should most probably be individually selected. At present, these new modalities of pulmonary rehabilitation have been shown to improve body composition, skeletal muscle function and sometimes also exercise capacity. However, the translation to an improved health-related quality of life is mostly lacking, and cost effectiveness and long-term effects have not been studied. Moreover, future trials should study the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in elderly patients with restrictive pulmonary diseases.
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- Martijn A Spruit
- Department of Research Development and Education, Centre for Integrated Rehabilitation of Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands.
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Schönhofer B, Polkey MI, Suchi S, Köhler D. Effect of Home Mechanical Ventilation on Inspiratory Muscle Strength in COPD. Chest 2006; 130:1834-8. [PMID: 17167005 DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.6.1834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The mechanism responsible for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (HRF) in patients with COPD remains unclear. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that chronic HRF in patients with COPD is associated with low-frequency fatigue (LFF) of the diaphragm. METHODS To test this hypothesis, we measured the twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure (Tw Pdi) elicited by stimulation of the phrenic nerves in 25 patients with chronic HRF (mean [+/- SD] Paco(2), 55.2 +/- 5.2 mm Hg) due to COPD before and 2 months after the initiation of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) [pressure-cycled ventilation with inspiratory positive airway pressure of 19.0 +/- 2.5 cm H(2)O]. We reasoned that had LFF been present, Tw Pdi should rise after effective NIV. RESULTS The treatment compliance with NIV was good (median of machine usage was 7.1 h per night). Paco(2) decreased from 55.2 +/- 5.2 to 48.8 +/- 5.9 mm Hg (p < 0.001), and Pao(2) increased from 53.1 +/- 5.9 to 57.7 +/- 7.0 mm Hg (p = 0.007). Mean Tw Pdi at baseline was 11.1 +/- 6.6 cm H(2)O and after treatment was 11.7 +/- 7.2 cm H(2)O (not significant). Also, maximal static inspiratory mouth pressure did not change significantly (44.3 +/- 15.9 cm H(2)O vs 46.5 +/- 19.7 cm H(2)O). CONCLUSION LFF of the diaphragm does not accompany chronic HRF in patients with COPD.
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- Bernd Schönhofer
- Abteilung für Pneumologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Region Hannover, Krankenhaus Oststadt-Heidehaus, Podbielskistrasse 380, 30659 Hannover, Germany.
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Martínez-Llorens J, Coronell C, Ramírez-Sarmiento A, Orozco-Levi M, Espadaler JM, Bautista Gáldiz J, Gea J. Determination of Maximal Diaphragm Strength in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Cervical Magnetic Stimulation Versus Traditional Sniff Maneuver. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 42:509-15. [PMID: 17067517 DOI: 10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60577-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Magnetic stimulation of the diaphragm allows its strength to be assessed. The clinical applications of this technique are becoming more widespread given that the patient's cooperation is not required. The aim of the present study was to compare this inhalation technique with traditional voluntary forced inspiration (sniff test) in a group of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixteen men with moderate-to-severe COPD were studied (mean [SD] forced expiratory volume in 1 second, 35% [15%] of the reference value). For all patients, the maximal transdiaphragmatic pressure (a measure of the contractility of the muscle) was determined at peak inspiration and during cervical magnetic stimulation. RESULTS A moderate correlation between measurements with the 2 techniques was observed. The value obtained with stimulation was approximately 20% of that obtained with the sniff maneuver (22 [7] cm H2O vs 97 [27] cm H2O, respectively). The stimulation technique yielded an intraindividual coefficient of variability of 12% (7%) and an interindividual one of 33% (6%). Very similar values for these coefficients were obtained with the sniff maneuver. Qualitative analysis of the stimulation technique showed it to have a high sensitivity (89%) for diagnosing muscle weakness, with few false negatives. In contrast, specificity was very low (43%), and false positives for muscle weakness were relatively common. The overall effectiveness of the prediction was acceptable (69%). CONCLUSIONS Cervical magnetic stimulation appears to be a good clinical option for ruling out diaphragm weakness. It is particularly indicated in patients with limited capacity for understanding instructions or those unable to cooperate.
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- Juana Martínez-Llorens
- Servei de Medicina Respiratòria, Unitat de Recerca en Múscul i Aparell Respiratori (URMAR), Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Departament CEXS, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España.
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Martínez-Llorens J, Coronell C, Ramírez-Sarmiento A, Orozco-Levi M, Espadaler JM, Bautista Gáldiz J, Gea J. Fuerza máxima del diafragma en la EPOC: estimulación magnética cervical frente a la clásica maniobra de inhalación forzada. Arch Bronconeumol 2006. [DOI: 10.1157/13093393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Scano G, Grazzini M, Stendardi L, Gigliotti F. Respiratory muscle energetics during exercise in healthy subjects and patients with COPD. Respir Med 2006; 100:1896-906. [PMID: 16677807 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2005] [Accepted: 02/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The energy expenditure required by the respiratory muscles during exercise is a function of their work rate, cost of breathing, and efficiency. During exercise, ventilatory requirements increase further exacerbating the potential imbalance between inspiratory muscle load and capacity. High level of exercise intensity in conjunction with contracting respiratory muscles is the reason for respiratory muscle fatigue in healthy subjects. Available evidence would suggest that fatigue of the diaphragm and other respiratory muscles is an important mechanism involved in redistribution of blood flow. Reflex mechanisms of sympathoexcitation are triggered in fatigued diaphragm during heavy exercise when cardiac output is not sufficient to adequately meet the high metabolic requirements of both respiratory and limb musculature. It is very likely that local changes in locomotor muscle blood flow may occur during exhaustive endurance exercise and that changes may have important effect on O2 transport to the working locomotor muscles and, therefore, on their fatigability. In a condition when the respiratory muscles receive their share of blood flow at the expense of limb locomotor muscles, minimizing mechanical work of breathing and therefore its metabolic cost allows a greater amount of cardiac output to be available to be delivered to working limb muscles. Malfunction in any of the multiple components responsible for circulatory flow and O2 delivery will limit the blood supply therefore inhibiting the supply of O2 and the energy substrate to the contracting muscles. Studies are needed to overcome these limitations.
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- Giorgio Scano
- Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Disease Section, University of Florence, Italy.
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Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The effective management of COPD exacerbations awaits a better understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that shape its clinical expression. The clinical presentation of exacerbations of COPD is highly variable and ranges from episodic symptomatic deterioration that is poorly responsive to usual treatment, to devastating life threatening events. This underscores the heterogeneous physiological mechanisms of this complex disease, as well as the variation in response to the provoking stimulus. The derangements in ventilatory mechanics, muscle function, and gas exchange that characterise severe COPD exacerbations with respiratory failure are now well understood. Critical expiratory flow limitation and the consequent dynamic lung hyperinflation appear to be the proximate deleterious events. Similar basic mechanisms probably explain the clinical manifestations of less severe exacerbations of COPD, but this needs further scientific validation. In this review we summarise what we have learned about the natural history of COPD exacerbations from clinical studies that have incorporated physiological measurements. We discuss the pathophysiology of clinically stable COPD and examine the impact of acutely increased expiratory flow limitation on the compromised respiratory system. Finally, we review the chain of physiological events that leads to acute ventilatory insufficiency in severe exacerbations.
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- D E O'Donnell
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Queen's University,102 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V6.
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Dayer MJ, Hopkinson NS, Ross ET, Jonville S, Sharshar T, Kearney M, Moxham J, Polkey MI. Does symptom-limited cycle exercise cause low frequency diaphragm fatigue in patients with heart failure? Eur J Heart Fail 2005; 8:68-73. [PMID: 16081318 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2004] [Accepted: 04/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Reduced diaphragm contractility occurs in some healthy subjects when they exercise to exhaustion. This indicates low frequency fatigue, which may contribute to task failure. We hypothesised that patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) might be especially vulnerable to the development of low frequency diaphragm fatigue after exhaustive exercise. AIMS To study the effect of exhaustive incremental cycle exercise on diaphragm contractility in patients with CHF. METHODS 12 patients with CHF with an ejection fraction of 36.5 +/- 7.3% and 12 healthy age-matched control subjects performed an incremental cycle test to exhaustion. The unpotentiated twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure (twitch Pdi) in response to bilateral anterolateral magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation (BAMPS) was measured before and after exercise. RESULTS Twitch Pdi at baseline was 20.2 +/- 6.7 cm H2O in the CHF group and 20.3 +/- .3 cm H2O in the controls (p = 0.957). 25 and 35 min post exercise the values were 19.9+/-5.4 and 20.0+/-5.1 cm H2O in the CHF group and 20.6 +/- 4.3 and 21.2 +/- 3.4 cm H2O in the control group; neither change was significant (F(2,27) = 0.007, p = 0.993; F(2,33) = 0.144, p = 0.866, respectively). CONCLUSION When patients with CHF cycle to exhaustion, low frequency fatigue of the diaphragm does not occur, and this is unlikely to be an important factor limiting exercise capacity of such patients.
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- Mark J Dayer
- Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Royal Brompton and Harefield N.H.S Trust, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
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