Nuevas estrategias de intervención desde terapia ocupacional para personas con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) / New intervention strategies from occupational therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Antecedentes: La enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC), tercera enfermedad con mayor prevalencia a nivel mundial, es un trastorno de carácter respiratorio, que se acompaña de síntomas crónicos como disnea, tos y expectoración. Hipótesis: La aplicación de técnicas de simplificación de métodos y adaptaciones menores disminuye la carga cardiovascular (CC) en la ejecución de las actividades de la vida diaria (vestuario y baño ducha en personas con EPOC). Métodos y muestra: Esta investigación es de tipo semiexperimental y cuantitativa, con una muestra utilizada por conveniencia, compuesta por 6 sujetos pertenecientes a la Región Metropolitana. Resultados: Vestuario: Del total de la muestra, el 100 por ciento disminuye su porcentaje de CC tras la aplicación de técnicas de simplificación de métodos. Baño y ducha: Del total de la muestra, el 80 por ciento disminuye su porcentaje de CC tras la aplicación de técnicas de simplificación de métodos. Conclusiones: La implementación de las estrategias de intervención basadas en la técnica de simplificación de métodos demuestra ser efectiva para el grupo control que constituye esta muestra.

Reference: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), third most prevalent disease around the world, is a respiratory disorder, with chronic symptoms, as dyspnea, cough and expectoration. Hypothesis: the implementation the of methods simplification techniques reduces the cardiovascular load (CL) in daily activities performance (“clothing” and “bath and shower” in persons with COPD). Methods and sample: this is a quasi experimental and quantitative type. With a simple used by convenience, composed of 6 subjects from the Metropolitan Region. Results: Clothing: from the 6 subjects, the 100 percent decreases the CL percentage after the application of methods simplification techniques. Bath and shower: (in this case, the sample is composed by 5 subjects): 80 percent of the total sample decreases its CL percentage after the implementation of methods simplification techniques. Conclusions: the implementation of the intervention strategies based on the methods simplification technique evidence to be effective to the group that constitutes this sample.

Post-resistance exercise hypotension in patients with intermittent claudication

OBJECTIVE: To verify the acute effects of resistance exercise on post-exercise blood pressure in patients with intermittent claudication. METHODS: Eight patients randomly underwent two experimental sessions: a session of resistance exercise (R: 6 exercises, 3 sets of 12, 10 and 8 reps with a perceived exertion of 11 to 13 on the 15-grade Borg scale) and a control session (C: resting on exercise machines). RESULTS: Before and for 60 min following an intervention, auscultatory blood pressure was measured while subjects rested in a sitting position. After the C session, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures did not change from the pre-intervention values, while these values decreased significantly after the R session throughout the entire recovery period (greatest decreases = -14 ± 5, -6±5, and -9 ± 4 mmHg, respectively, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: After a single bout of resistance exercise patients with intermittent claudication exhibited reduced systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures, suggesting that acute resistance exercise may decrease cardiovascular load in these patients.