Association between parkinson's disease, respiratory muscle strength and coughing intensity
<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> Evaluating the coughing intensity, and its association with respiratory muscle strength, motor signs and symptoms in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD).<br> <b>METHODS:</b> This was a cross-sectional study that included 107 patients w...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia |
| Repositorio: | Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ggaging.com:89 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ggaging.com/details/89 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cough Parkinson disease Respiratory function tests Aged. |
| Sumario: | <p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> Evaluating the coughing intensity, and its association with respiratory muscle strength, motor signs and symptoms in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD).<br> <b>METHODS:</b> This was a cross-sectional study that included 107 patients with PD (65.43±9.47 years old) and 107 elderly people without PD (65.32±9.34 years old). It was measured the peak cough flow (PCF), the maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), maximal expiratory pressure (MEP) and the motor symptoms of the PD (The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale - UPDRS).<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> The PD group showed decreasing of the PCF l/s (425.14±160.78 versus 481.74±148.28, p<0.01), MIP cmH<sub>2</sub>O (71.16±43.45 versus 89.72±33.03, p<0.01) and MEP cmH<sub>2</sub>O (80.60±33.52 versus 107.88±41.25, p<0.01), in comparison to the group control. There was a correlation between PCF and MIP (r=0.45, p<0.01), PCF and MEP (r=0.57, p<0.01) and PCF and UPDRS (r=0.21, p=0.03).<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> We showed correlations of peak cough flow with respiratory muscle strength and motor symptoms and signs in elderly patients with DP.</p> |
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