… for individual COPD patients dyspnoea on exercise is closely related to inspiratory flow.
The … and recorded the tidal flow-volume curve on exercise in a group of 21 patients with …

… flow limitation at rest and at different exercise levels in 4 normal subjects and 14 patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)… and comparing the flow-volume curve of the …

… present in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) … Since in COPD resting IC is
strongly correlated with exercise … of the maximal tidal volume (V T,max ) during exercise by the …

… to exercise performance in stable COPD and how new methods of studying and/or predicting
lung volumes during exercise … , operating lung volume in unstable COPD, but recent data …

… flow substantially whereas the flow-volume relationship in the COPD patient takes up
almost all the flow-volume area available under the maximal expiratory flow-volume curve. …

… in VEin COPD patients is discussed under Breathing Pattern. Some COPD patients have
expiratory flow rates during exercise that exceed the maximum expiratory flow volume (MEFV) …

… (OEP), the effect of exercise training on the course of all operational chest wall volumes
during exercise in patients with COPD. It is hypothesised that since exercise training is known to …

… exercise test, the inspiratory flow rate develops an abnormal plateau phase, in part related to
the severity of the COPD… rate (fb) and higher tidal volume (VT). Given these findings and the …

… flow is reached early in expiration (usually within about 100 msec), after which a rapid decline
in flow is seen. … in the spontaneous expiratory flow-volume curve during exercise in COPD. …

… severity (ATS/ERS, BTS, CTS).12, 13, 14 Although FEV 1 serves a useful purpose in the
diagnosis and staging of COPD, 15 this measure correlates poorly with exercise performance …