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CHEST
Volume 138, Issue 6, Pages 1309-1315Publisher
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DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-2824
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- Chinese Natural Scientific Foundation [30770937]
- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology [2005DFA30910]
- MRC [G0500411] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0500411] Funding Source: researchfish
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Background It is unknown whether efficiency of neural drive as expressed by a ratio of ventilation to the diaphragm electromyogram (EMGdi) in patients with COPD differs from that of healthy subjects during exercise and whether maximal neural drive is exhibited at the point of exercise termination Methods We studied 12 male patients with COPD (mean +/- SD age, 62 8 +/- 10 3 years, FEV1, 28 1 +/- 10 2% predicted) and 12 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (age, 61 1 +/- 7 2 years, FEV1, 101 5 +/- 11 9% predicted) EMGdi was recorded from a multipair esophageal electrode during a constant work (80% of maximal oxygen consumption derived from a previous incremental exercise test) treadmill exercise Minute ventilation and oxygen consumption were also measured Results Root mean square (RMS) of the EMGdi increased initially and reached a plateau at submaximal drive during constant load exercise in both patients with COPD and healthy subjects The ratio of ventilation to EMGdi remained stable during exercise in healthy subjects from beginning to the end (100% +/- 70% at the beginning and 100% +/- 39% at the end, P> 05), whereas the ratio decreased gradually during exercise in patients with COPD (from 85% +/- 66% to 42% +/- 13%, P< 05) Conclusions Efficiency of neural drive decreases in patients with COPD during treadmill exercise Neural respiratory drive reached a submaximal plateau during constant load exercise in both healthy subjects and patients with COPD, indicating that it may not be the only factor determining exercise capacity CHEST 2010, 138(6) 1309-1315
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