ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
"Can do" versus "do do": A Novel Concept to Better Understand Physical Functioning in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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- Use it or lose it: a four-year follow-up assessing whether physical activity near one's capacity reduces the risk of functional decline among older adults.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Article
- A novel data-driven model to define physical activity metrics and predict mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Get a move on: physical (in)activity in people with obstructive airway disease.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Physical capacity and inactivity in obstructive airway diseases: a "can do, do do" analysis.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Unravelling the complex interplay of factors behind exercise limitations and physical inactivity in COPD.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2024Review
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Mechanisms of Functional Loss and Benefits of Exercise.Respiratory care · 2024Review
- The "Can Do, Do Do" Framework Applied to Assess the Association between Physical Capacity, Physical Activity and Prospective Falls, Subsequent Fractures, and Mortality in Patients Visiting the Fracture Liaison Service.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Influence of physical activity on the prognosis of COPD patients: the HADO.2 score - health, activity, dyspnoea and obstruction.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Physical Functioning in Patients with a Recent Fracture: The "Can Do, Do Do" Framework Applied to Explore Physical Capacity, Physical Activity and Fall Risk Factors.Calcified tissue international · 2023Article
- "Can Do" vs. "Do Do" in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Sensor-Derived Physical Activity Patterns.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical capacity (PC) and physical activity (PA) represent associated but separate domains of physical function. It remains unknown whether this framework may support a better understanding of the impaired physical function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The current study had two aims: (1) to determine the distribution of patients with COPD over the PC-PA quadrants, and (2) to explore whether differences exist in clinical characteristics between these quadrants.
methodsIn this retrospective study, PC was measured using the six-minute walk distance (6MWD), and PA was assessed with an accelerometer. Moreover, patients' clinical characteristics were obtained. Patients were divided into the following quadrants: (I) low PC (6MWD <70% predicted), low PA, using a step-defined inactivity index (<5000 steps/day, "can't do, don't do" quadrant); (II) preserved PC, low PA ("can do, don't do" quadrant); (III) low PC, preserved PA ("can't do, do do" quadrant); and (IV) preserved PC, preserved PA ("can do, do do" quadrant).
resultsThe distribution of the 662 COPD patients over the quadrants was as follows: "can't do, don't do": 34%; "can do, don't do": 14%; "can't do, do do": 21%; and "can do, do do": 31%. Statistically significant differences between quadrants were found for all clinical characteristics, except for educational levels.
conclusionsThis study proves the applicability of the PC-PA quadrant concept in COPD. This concept serves as a pragmatic clinical tool, that may be useful in the understanding of the impaired physical functioning in COPD patients and therefore, may improve the selection of appropriate interventions to improve physical function.
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