Cystic Fibrosis and Physical Activity: An Introduction

Kollberg, H

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1025055

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“…Just this integrative role appears to render it suited as an overall measure of the health state. In chronically ill patients, maintaining PA as far as possible appears to be important for maintaining physical reserves but also to improve social contacts and self-esteem [4]. As, conversely, a subject's health status can be affected by the capability for PA [5], PA could even be an additional subject of intervention.…”

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Assessing physical activity in the daily life of cystic fibrosis patients

Dias

Gorzelniak

Jörres³

et al. 2012

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

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a b s t r a c tPhysical Activity (PA) plays an important role in the health and quality of life of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, but little is known about their PA in daily living. With the use of accelerometers it is now possible to monitor activity profiles in detail. The goals of this study are to assess feasibility and acceptance of a longer-term use of accelerometers in daily living in CF patients, study the possibility of detecting changes in PA in relation to the patients' clinical state and compare the findings between a CF and an age-matched healthy control group. We asked 15 CF patients to wear two accelerometers for 21 days and fill in a diary. Ten of them (age 21 to 40, mean 29.5 years) participated and delivered data that could be evaluated. We also recruited 10 age-matched control subjects. Data was processed for calculating usage time and features extracted to construct models of activity. The younger patients, particularly females, were concerned with fashion and style and considered wearing the sensors a challenge. Overall, the compliance of patients with CF seemed to be lower than reported for elder subjects in the literature. Time-series analysis of the data indicated characteristic patterns of PA over time, provided that data preprocessing and noise-filtering had been optimized. Further studies have to assess whether the continuous recording of PA yields additional clinical information in CF and in particular, whether it is possible to detect or even predict exacerbations in patients with CF or other diseases.

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Assessing physical activity in the daily life of cystic fibrosis patients

Dias

Gorzelniak

Jörres³

et al. 2012

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

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“…Studies since the 1970s have suggested an improved attitude toward exercise when patients with CF participated in PA and exercise training (Edlund et al, 1986;Scott, 1977;Stranghelle, Winnem et al, 1988). Kolberg (1988) suggested that PA gives pleasure to a chronically ill patient, enhances social contacts, increases self-esteem, and promotes better psychological adaptation; thus, it should have a positive impact on quality of life. However, he stated that there were limited data regarding the long-term effects of exercise on quality of life.…”

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Attitudes Toward Physical Activity in Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis: Sex Differences After Training: A Pilot Study

Baker

Wideman

2006

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

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This study compared the attitudes of 16 adolescents (8 males and 8 females) with cystic fibrosis (CF) toward exercise and physical activity (PA) before and after a 6-week exercise program. Although the boys and girls had similar ages (12-18 years), the boys were fitter and leaner and had higher pulmonary function. Subjects reported both positive exercise attitudes of self and perceived attitudes of parents/friends that remained essentially unchanged after strenuous training. Boys reported higher vigorous activities at baseline than girls, but all subjects increased participation in very hard PAs after training. Girls had small but nonsignificant increases in PA at each (mild-vigorous) level. Results emphasize that adolescents with a mild to moderate lung disease can significantly increase PA in a nursing intervention.

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Cystic Fibrosis in Adults

Libertin¹,

Heintz²

1991

Contemporary Internal Medicine

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Cystic Fibrosis and Physical Activity: An Introduction

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Assessing physical activity in the daily life of cystic fibrosis patients

Assessing physical activity in the daily life of cystic fibrosis patients

Attitudes Toward Physical Activity in Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis: Sex Differences After Training: A Pilot Study

Cystic Fibrosis in Adults

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