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SynthesisEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2019

Use of pedometers as a tool to promote daily physical activity levels in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Matthew Armstrong, Andrew Winnard, Nikolaos Chynkiamis, Spencer Boyle, Chris Burtin, Ioannis Vogiatzis

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Synthesis in European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Physical inactivity in chronic airways disease: an important candidate in the treatable traits paradigm.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  5. Physical activity promotion interventions in chronic airways disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023
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  16. Effects of Individualized Step Targets on Physical Activity in COPD. A Randomized Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthew ArmstrongDept of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, School of Health & Life Sciences, Northumbria University Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK matthew.armstrong@northumbria.ac.uk.
Andrew WinnardDept of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, School of Health & Life Sciences, Northumbria University Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Nikolaos ChynkiamisDept of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, School of Health & Life Sciences, Northumbria University Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Spencer BoyleDept of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, School of Health & Life Sciences, Northumbria University Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Chris BurtinREVAL Rehabilitation Research Centre, BIOMED Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Rehabilitation sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Ioannis VogiatzisDept of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, School of Health & Life Sciences, Northumbria University Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Northumbria University · GBHasselt University · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the use of pedometers as a tool to promote daily physical activity levels in patients with COPD.A systematic review meta-analysis of pedometer physical activity promotion in patients with COPD was conducted. Medline/PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and CINAHL were searched from inception to January 2019. The search strategy included the following keywords: physical activity promotion, pulmonary rehabilitation and daily physical activity. The eligibility criteria for selecting studies were randomised controlled trials reporting pedometer physical activity promotion in patients with COPD.Improvements in steps per day were found with pedometer physical activity promotion either standalone (n=12, mean 0.53 (95% CI 0.29-0.77); p=0.00001) or alongside pulmonary rehabilitation (n=7, 0.51 (0.13-0.88); p=0.006). A subgroup analysis reported significant differences in the promotion of physical activity based on baseline physical activity levels and the type of instrument used to assess levels of physical activity.Future trials should consider the way in which pedometers are used to promote physical activity to inform clinical practice in the setting of pulmonary rehabilitation.

Indexed as

ActigraphyExerciseHealth PromotionHumansPulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Identifiers

PMID31722891
PMCPMC9488624
OpenAlexW2985758825

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