Estimating cardiopulmonary fitness with a new sampling technology in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease.
Rafael Alexandre de Oliveira DeucherLuis Felipe da Fonseca ReisJannis Vasileios PapathanasiouBeatriz Luiza Pinheiro Alves AzevedoJéssica Gabriela Messias OliveiraMatheus Mello da SilvaRayanne Costa de SalesBeatriz Pereira Dos SantosArthur de Sá FerreiraAgnaldo Jose LopesPublished in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2023)
As assessed by CPET, women with RA-ILD show reduced cardiopulmonary fitness, which can be explained at least in part by the presence of small airway disease, deterioration of pulmonary gas exchange, and advanced age. These associations of pulmonary variables with eCPF may be clinically important and support the use of the eCPF equation to improve patient outcomes.