RESPIRATORY PATTERNS THROUGHOUT INCREMENTAL EXERCISE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SARCOIDOSIS

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A. A. A. M. I. Hamdan Al-Jahdali, “RESPIRATORY PATTERNS THROUGHOUT INCREMENTAL EXERCISE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SARCOIDOSIS”, ijmhs, vol. 3, no. 4, Oct. 2013.
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The signs and symptoms associated with Besnier-Boeck disease (sarcoidosis) lack uniformity. In the initial phase of sarcoidosis, individuals may have normal results on a pulmonary function test. The purpose of the research was to evaluate respiratory patterns during step-wise incremental exertion in individuals diagnosed with sarcoidosis who have unremarkable pulmonary function values and compare them with healthy controls.
METHODS: The study uses a retrospective design examining the exercise results of ten patients with the disease compared with nine healthy controls.
RESULTS: Neither the patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis nor the healthy controls had any evidence exhibited spirometrically in terms of airway restriction/obstruction. The results of incremental exercise revealed a lack of association between the IC values and the VTmax/IC upon completion of testing. There was a statistically significant difference in the VTmax as a percentage of IC upon completion of exercise (p-value 0.026) between the patients with the disease (90 +/- 6.3) and the healthy controls (72 +/- 3.4).
CONCLUSIONS: Breathing patterns are significantly different during exercise in individuals with sarcoidosis when compared to unaffected individuals, as evidenced when the VTmax is calculated as a percentage of IC. Breathing patterns can be utilized as a preliminary sign of sarcoidosis when pulmonary function tests are normal.

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