Sara C Buttery, Parris J Williams, Saeed M Alghamdi, Keir E J Philip, Alexis Perkins, Constantinos Kallis, Jennifer K Quint, Michael I Polkey, Sofie Breuls, Joren Buekers, Nikolaos Chynkiamis, Laura Delgado-Ortiz, Heleen Demeyer, Anja Frei, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Elena Gimeno-Santos, Sarah Koch, Dimitrios Megaritis, Ashley Polhemus, Thierry Troosters, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Henrik Watz, Nicholas S Hopkinson
BACKGROUND: Reduced mobility is a central feature of COPD. Assessment of mobility outcomes that can be measured digitally (digital mobility outcomes (DMOs)) in daily life such as gait speed and steps per day is increasingly possible using devices such as pedometers and accelerometers, but the predictive value of these measures remains unclear in relation to key outcomes such as hospital admission and survival. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review, nested within a larger scoping review by the MOBILISE-D consortium, addressing DMOs in a range of chronic conditions...
December 31, 2023: European Respiratory Review: An Official Journal of the European Respiratory Society