The influence of regular physical activity on lung function in paraplegic people

Abstract

The performance of MVPA for a minimum of 60 min per week can have a beneficial effect, both on lung volumes and on expiratory flow, and led to an achievement of the LLN in FEV.

Improved pulmonary function is associated with reduced inflammation after hybrid whole‐body exercise training in persons with spinal cord injury

“…Since a change of ≤8% or ≤150 ml in FEV 1 or FVC is within the normal variability of spirometry (Kelley et al., 2003; Pellegrino et al., 2005), we determined a priori that a change in FEV 1 or FVC of ≥12% or ≥200 ml would be considered a clinically meaningful change in respiratory function (Pellegrino et al., 2005). G*Power software was used to calculate sample size needed to detect an effect size ( f = 0.5) of exercise on lung function (Montesinos‐Magraner et al., 2016; Neefkes‐Zonneveld et al., 2015) and systemic inflammation (Neefkes‐Zonneveld et al., 2015) for an ANOVA: repeated measures, within–between interaction analysis. At an a priori two‐sided α level of <0.05, 0.90 power and a correlation of 0.8 among repeated measures, the sample size required for each group was eight participants.…”

“…Further, physical activity level, dietary intake, and use of ibuprofen was not controlled for in this study. Thus, our results may be subject to confounding due to differences in activity levels outside of training sessions (Montesinos-Magraner et al, 2016), daily caloric intakes or composition of diet, and/or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Park et al, 2020). As such, caution must be taken in interpretation of our results.…”

“…demonstrated that key pulmonary function parameters, forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 ) and forced vital capacity (FVC), were inversely related to systemic pro‐inflammatory biomarkers (Hart et al., 2016, 2017). Similarly, low physical activity is associated with both poorer lung function and expiratory capacity (Montesinos‐Magraner et al., 2016). Further, respiratory inefficiencies are a limiting factor of peak aerobic capacity ($${\dot V_{{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{peak}}}}$$) in persons with SCI, especially those with higher level lesions (Battikha et al., 2014).…”

“…. G*Power software was used to calculate sample size needed to detect an effect size (f = 0.5) of exercise on lung function(Montesinos-Magraner et al, 2016;Neefkes-Zonneveld et al, 2015) and systemic inflammation(Neefkes-Zonneveld et al, 2015) for an ANOVA: repeated measures, within-between interaction analysis. At an a priori two-sided α level of <0.05, 0.90 power and a correlation of 0.8 among repeatedTA B L E 1Note: All values are either mean (SD) or median [interquartile range] unless stated otherwise.…”

Encouraging People with Spinal Cord Injury to Take Part in Physical Activity in the COVID-19 Epidemic through the mHealth ParaSportAPP

“…These injuries can lead to medical complications such as pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections, spasticity, musculoskeletal complications or respiratory and cardiovascular problems [ 1 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. Maintaining adequate physical activity levels (PA) can be important in reducing and managing some of the secondary complications of the injuries listed above [ 7 ].…”