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Does symptom-limited cycle exercise cause low frequency diaphragm fatigue in patients with heart failure?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16081318     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Reduced diaphragm contractility occurs in some healthy subjects when they exercise to exhaustion. This indicates low frequency fatigue, which may contribute to task failure. We hypothesised that patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) might be especially vulnerable to the development of low frequency diaphragm fatigue after exhaustive exercise.
AIMS: To study the effect of exhaustive incremental cycle exercise on diaphragm contractility in patients with CHF.
METHODS: 12 patients with CHF with an ejection fraction of 36.5 +/- 7.3% and 12 healthy age-matched control subjects performed an incremental cycle test to exhaustion. The unpotentiated twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure (twitch Pdi) in response to bilateral anterolateral magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation (BAMPS) was measured before and after exercise.
RESULTS: Twitch Pdi at baseline was 20.2 +/- 6.7 cm H2O in the CHF group and 20.3 +/- .3 cm H2O in the controls (p = 0.957). 25 and 35 min post exercise the values were 19.9+/-5.4 and 20.0+/-5.1 cm H2O in the CHF group and 20.6 +/- 4.3 and 21.2 +/- 3.4 cm H2O in the control group; neither change was significant (F(2,27) = 0.007, p = 0.993; F(2,33) = 0.144, p = 0.866, respectively).
CONCLUSION: When patients with CHF cycle to exhaustion, low frequency fatigue of the diaphragm does not occur, and this is unlikely to be an important factor limiting exercise capacity of such patients.
Authors:
Mark J Dayer; Nicholas S Hopkinson; Ewen T Ross; Sophie Jonville; Tarek Sharshar; Mark Kearney; John Moxham; Michael I Polkey
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2005-08-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of heart failure     Volume:  8     ISSN:  1388-9842     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. J. Heart Fail.     Publication Date:  2006 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-01-02     Completed Date:  2006-04-18     Revised Date:  2011-06-08    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100887595     Medline TA:  Eur J Heart Fail     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  68-73     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Royal Brompton and Harefield N.H.S Trust, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. markdayer@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Diaphragm / physiopathology*
Exercise Test / adverse effects*
Forced Expiratory Volume / physiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle Fatigue / physiology*
Physical Exertion / physiology*
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index

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