What is it about?
The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) summary score and the 5STS test for assessing mobility in patients with COPD. These tests have equivalent potential as screening tools for identifying patients with mobility limitations.
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Why is it important?
In the present study, we tested whether any one of the three SPPB components (5STS, 4MGS, and standing balance) were suitable for identifying patients with mobility limitations. We found that the 5STS test had the largest AUC value on an ROC analysis. To our knowledge, this was the first study to assess whether one of the three components of the SPPB might provide value equivalent to the SPPB for assessing patients with COPD.
Perspectives
Although the results of the present study provide evidence that the SPPB is clinically valid for identifying mobility limitations, it is important to recognize the scope of the present study and consider future research directions. For example, more studies could assess whether each of three SPPB components (balance, 4MGS, and 5STS) are equivalent in the value they add to other measures of COPD manifestations, such as aerobic capacity measured with the 6-minute walk test. Furthermore, future research could explore the value of the SPPB and 5STS tests as indicators of health care utilization and survival in patients with COPD.
Professor Roberto Bernabeu-Mora
Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer. Universidad de Murcia.
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This page is a summary of: The Short Physical Performance Battery is a discriminative tool for identifying patients with COPD at risk of disability, International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, December 2015, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/copd.s94377.
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