Factors associated with daily life physical activity in patients with asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Little is known about the consequences of asthma on daily life physical activity (DL_PA). The aim of this study was to evaluate DL_PA and determine its relationship to clinical and functional parameters in patients with asthma.

Methods

This was a single-center prospective study of DL_PA conducted between May 2015 and June 2016 in northern France. Fifty-one adult patients with asthma and 36 healthy control subjects were enrolled. Four DL_PA parameters were assessed for 5 consecutive days with a physical activity monitor: number of steps walked per day (SPD), total energy expenditure (EE, in kcal/day), EE spent in physical activity requiring ≥3 metabolic equivalents (METs), and time (min) spent in activities req

SUBMITTER: Hennegrave F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266451 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature