Cherobin IA, et al. – The study aimed to determine the relationship between lung function, physical activity level and postural evaluation variables in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF). Researchers reported that lung function in patients with CF disease was related to higher thoracic kyphosis, shorter time in moderate and vigorous physical activity level (PA), and shorter distance covered in 6-minute walk test (6MWT). The results indicated that the accelerometer has been shown to be the best instrument for assessing PA in this public.

Methods

• For this examination, all patients underwent clinical evaluation and spirometry.
• The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and an accelerometer were utilized to verify the physical activity level (PA).
• Photogrammetry was utilized with the aid of the Software of postural evaluation (SAPO) and, for complementary comparisons, the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) was used.

Results

• 28 adult subjects with CF, mean age of 25.1 ± 6.3 years and mean expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) of 47.1 ± 20.9% of the predicted group took part in the examination.
• It was observed in the findings that the FEV1 correlated with the parameters obtained by the accelerometer (r = 0.723, p = 0.000), postural evaluation (r = -0.483, p = 0.005) and 6MWT (r = 0.439, p = 0.019), yet there was no relationship with the information got by IPAQ (r = -0.282; p = 0.073).
• Results revealed that the time in which every individual remained in moderate to vigorous physical activity correlated with parameters of postural evaluation (thoracic kyphosis r = -0.484, p = 0.031, cervical lordosis r = 0.531, p = 0.016), 6MWT (r = 0.564; p = 0.010) and with the total METS obtained by IPAQ (r = 0.451, p = 0.046).