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Measurement of Dynamic Hyperinflation During the 6-Minute Walk Test Using a Mobile Device

Roy Meys, Mart Schiefer, Selma B de Nijs, Henk Bindels and Martijn D de Kruif
Respiratory Care February 2019, 64 (2) 182-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.06307
Roy Meys
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
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Mart Schiefer
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
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Selma B de Nijs
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Henk Bindels
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
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Martijn D de Kruif
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
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BACKGROUND: Dynamic hyperinflation is a major cause of dyspnea in patients with COPD. Dynamic hyperinflation is usually measured with cardiopulmonary exercise testing, but this test requires maximal effort from the patient, and inspiratory capacity (IC) measurements may influence test results. This study investigated another approach by measuring dynamic hyperinflation during the more natural and better-tolerated 6-min walk test (6MWT), using a mobile system for IC measurements.

METHODS: Twenty subjects were studied, including 10 healthy subjects and 10 subjects with COPD. Each subject performed a pair of 6MWTs.

RESULTS: The study showed that test-retest reliability in healthy subjects was excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.995). In addition, mean resting IC in healthy subjects (3.27 ± 0.77 L) was not affected at the end of the 6MWT, whereas mean resting IC in subjects with COPD (2.45 ± 0.90 L) decreased to 1.93 L ± 0.68 L at the end of the 6MWT (P = .004). The tolerability of the device for subjects with COPD appeared to be only slightly hampered by an increased sense of dyspnea attributed to wearing a mask.

CONCLUSIONS: This study provides a proof of principle for mobile IC measurements during the 6MWT, demonstrating good test performance, reasonable tolerability, and a power to differentiate normal from pathologic conditions.

  • dynamic hyperinflation
  • COPD
  • mobile
  • 6-min walk test
  • physiology
  • exercise

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  • Correspondence: Martijn D de Kruif, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Center, Henri Dunantstraat 5, 6419 PC, Heerlen, The Netherlands. E-mail: m.dekruif{at}zuyderland.nl
  • The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.

  • Copyright © 2019 by Daedalus Enterprises
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Roy Meys, Mart Schiefer, Selma B de Nijs, Henk Bindels, Martijn D de Kruif
Respiratory Care Feb 2019, 64 (2) 182-188; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.06307

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