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The Mozart study: a relation between dynamic hyperinflation and physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Ruud W van LeuterenS DijkhuisF H C de JonghP D L P M van der ValkM TabakM G J Brusse-Keizer
Published in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2017)
The absence of a significant correlation between DH and PA is contrary to previous studies. SH did show a correlation with PA. The variety in results and the technical difficulties in execution of the measurements ask for a new, more reliable, method to detect DH and investigate its relation with PA in patients with COPD.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • lung function
  • body mass index
  • cystic fibrosis
  • air pollution