Reliability of repeated arm-crank cardiopulmonary exercise tests in patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysm

Durrand, J.W.; Wagstaff, K.; Kasim, A.; Cawthorn, L.; Danjoux, G.R.; Kothmann, E.

doi:10.1111/anae.14312

Reliability of repeated arm-crank cardiopulmonary exercise tests in patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysm

Durrand, J.W.; Wagstaff, K.; Kasim, A.; Cawthorn, L.; Danjoux, G.R.; Kothmann, E.

Authors

J.W. Durrand

K. Wagstaff

A. Kasim

L. Cawthorn

G.R. Danjoux

E. Kothmann

Abstract

Arm‐crank ergometry may be useful in patients unable to pedal, for instance due to peripheral arterial disease. Twenty participants with small abdominal aortic aneurysm undertook two serial arm‐crank tests and then a pedal test, four of whom had indeterminate anaerobic thresholds, precluding analysis. The mean (SD) peak arm and leg oxygen consumptions in 16 participants were 13.71 (2.62) ml.kg−1.min‐1 and 16.82 (4.44) ml.kg−1.min‐1, with mean (SD) individual differences of 3.11 (2.48) ml.kg−1.min‐1, p = 0.0001. The respective values at the anaerobic thresholds were 7.83 (1.58) ml O2.kg−1.min‐1 and 10.09 (3.15) ml O2.kg−1.min‐1, with mean (SD) individual differences of 2.26 (2.34) ml O2.kg−1.min‐1, p = 0.0001. The correlation coefficients (95%CI) for peak oxygen consumption and anaerobic threshold were 0.88 (0.62–1.0) and 0.70 (0.32–1.0). There were no significant differences in serial arm‐crank tests, with intracluster correlations (95%CI) of 0.87 (0.86–0.88) and 0.65 (0.61–0.69) for peak oxygen consumption and anaerobic threshold, respectively.

Citation

Durrand, J., Wagstaff, K., Kasim, A., Cawthorn, L., Danjoux, G., & Kothmann, E. (2018). Reliability of repeated arm-crank cardiopulmonary exercise tests in patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysm. Anaesthesia: Peri-operative medicine, critical care and pain, 73(8), 967-971. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14312

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 4, 2018
Online Publication Date	May 4, 2018
Publication Date	Aug 1, 2018
Deposit Date	Aug 2, 2018
Publicly Available Date	May 4, 2019
Journal	Anaesthesia
Print ISSN	0003-2409
Electronic ISSN	1365-2044
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	73
Issue	8
Pages	967-971
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14312

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Durrand, J. W., Wagstaff, K., Kasim, A., Cawthorn, L., Danjoux, G. R. & Kothmann, E. (2018). Reliability of repeated arm-crank cardiopulmonary exercise tests in patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysm. Anaesthesia 73(8): 967-971, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14312. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.