Healthy subjects (n = 18) Patients with COPD (n = 16)
Before PR After PR Before PR After PR
TUG , sec 12,47 ± 0,80 11,95 ± 0,82** 15,70 ± 0,74‡‡‡ 12,63 ± 0,83†††§
TINETI score 26,88 ± 0,96 27,13 ± 0,81 25,33 ± 0,97‡‡‡ 26,39 ± 0,70††§
BBS score 51,31 ± 1,40 52,38 ± 1,20 * 46,17 ± 1,79‡‡‡ 50,22 ± 1,11†††§§§
ABC score , % 86,63 ± 5,68 88,19 ± 5,15 71,44 ± 6,84‡‡‡ 72,89 ± 3,98§§§
UST, sec 35,25 ± 7,24 36,88 ± 6,20 * 24,50 ± 2,28‡‡‡ 28,56 ± 3,09†††§§§
Unit: Mean ± SD
Notes: Comparison in healthy subjects with values before and after rehabilitation program, *P<0.05, **P<0.01,; Comparison in patients with COPD with values beforeand after rehabilitation program, ††P<0.01, †††P<0.001; Comparison between patients with COPD and healthy subjects before rehabilitation program; ‡‡‡P<0.001;Comparison between patients with COPD and healthy subjects after rehabilitation program, §P<0.05, §§§P<0.001. TUG: Timed Up and Go test; BBS: Berg Balance Scale; ABC: Activity Balance Confidence; UST: Unipedal Stance Test; PR: Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Table 2: balance scores before and after rehabilitation programin healthy subjects and in patients with COPD.