ArticleCanadian respiratory journal2021
A Cross-Sectional Study on Balance Deficits and Gait Deviations in COPD Patients.
Article in Canadian respiratory journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06644898 (The Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training at Different Slope Types on Balance in COPD Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
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.
The Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training at Different Slope Types on Balance in COPD Patients
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gait differences between COPD and healthy controls: systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Pooled it
- Determinants of balance impairment in individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Respiratory medicine · 2025Trial
- Whole-body vibration training versus conventional balance training in patients with severe COPD-a randomized, controlled trial.Respiratory research · 2021Trial
- Comparison of spatiotemporal and arm swing characteristics of gait between patients with COPD and healthy controls.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Article
- Comparison between patients with COPD and healthy subjects on spatiotemporal, moment and kinematic parameters: A quasi-experimental study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Laboratory and free-living gait performance in adults with COPD and healthy controls.ERJ open research · 2023Article
- The Importance of the Diaphragm in Neuromotor Function in the Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Review
- Clinical assessment of balance and functional impairments in people with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.ERJ open research · 2022Review
- Updated Perspectives on the Role of Biomechanics in COPD: Considerations for the Clinician.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2022Review
- Harnessing Digital Health to Objectively Assess Functional Performance in Veterans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Gerontology · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: The gait abnormalities were linked to the balance deficits in the previous studies. However, the deviations in the gait parameters in COPD are currently not known. The study aims to compare gait parameters, static and dynamic balance, and risk of falls in COPD with those in non-COPD individuals. Method: Fourty-two patients with COPD aged 45 years and gender-matched control subjects were included in the study. Gait parameters were assessed by Win-Track gait analyzer, the static balance was assessed by posturography, and the dynamic balance was assessed by the time up and go test. The fear of falls was assessed by Falls Efficacy Scale. Results: COPD individuals had decreased static and dynamic balance as assessed by posturography ( Conclusion: COPD individuals have increased swing duration, reduced static and dynamic balance, and increased fear of falls as compared to non-COPD individuals.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.