INTRODUÇÃO: A doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica acarreta prejuízos na mecânica
pulmonar e musculatura periférica. O treinamento físico dos pacientes com doença pulmonar …

Background and objective: Patients with COPD can have impaired diaphragm mechanics. A
new method of assessing the mobility of the diaphragm, using ultrasound, has recently …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effects of strength training (ST) in walking capacity in patients
with intermittent claudication (IC) compared with walking training (WT) effects. METHODS: …

Background. The mechanical alterations related to the overload of respiratory muscles observed
in adults with persistent asthma might lead to the development of chronic alterations in …

Asthma is a heterogeneous and complex disease, and a description of asthma phenotypes
based on extrapulmonary treatable traits has not been previously reported. The objective of …

Background: The Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) has been used to evaluate walking
impairment in subjects with intermittent claudication (IC). However, this questionnaire has …

METHODS In all experiments, all American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines
for animal care were followed, and all protocols were authorized by the committee for ethics …

Background: Although hospitalization is recognized as an important cause of reduction in
physical activity in daily life (PADL) in COPD, there is only one study evaluating this effect, and …

BACKGROUND: Incentive spirometers are widely used in clinical practice and classified as
flow-oriented (FIS) and volume-oriented (VIS). Until recently the respiratory inductive …

The regular practice of physical activity at appropriate levels ensures various benefits for the
individual over the short, medium and long terms. It is therefore important in health …