Evaluation of Upper Extremity Muscle Strength and Endurance, functional capacity, Respiratory Function and Quality of Life

Pulmonary function tests were evaluated with a spirometer. It is the volume of air released in the first second from the beginning of the difficult vital capacity maneuver. In general, it gives information about the restriction in major airlines. FEV1 / FVC ratio decrease shows obstruction, FEV1 shows the severity of obstruction.

In the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), subjects were asked to walk as fast as they could walk within 6 minutes along a 30-meter straight corridor. The test was performed twice within the same day at intervals of half an hour. The longer distance value for each patient from the two tests used was used for statistical analysis.

Pulmonary function tests were evaluated with a spirometer. It is the volume of air that comes out with rapid and powerful exhalation following deep inspiratory. Healthy people can normally extract 80 percent of their lung volume in 6 seconds or less

Pulmonary function tests were evaluated with a spirometer. It is measured by the maximum exhalation maneuver following the maximum inspiration. It gives information about obstruction in large airways.

Evaluation of peripheral muscle strength Deltoideus (shoulder abduction), Biceps Brachii (elbow flexion) muscles were evaluated with a digital dynamometer (Lafeyette manual muscle tester, U.S.A). Handgrip strength was measured by a hand dynamometer (Baseline LITE hand dynamometer, U.S.A). In each muscle test, the right and left sides were evaluated separately and repeated three times and the best values obtained were recorded in Newton (N). Arithmetic means of the right and left sides were used for statistical analysis.