[HTML][HTML] Nutritional status and muscle dysfunction in chronic respiratory diseases: stable phase versus acute exacerbations

J Gea, A Sancho-Muñoz, R Chalela - Journal of thoracic disease, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nutritional abnormalities are frequent in different chronic respiratory diseases such as
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis (CF) …

Deterioration of limb muscle function during acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

RM Abdulai, TJ Jensen, NR Patel… - American Journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Important features of both stable and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) are skeletal muscle weakness and wasting. Limb muscle dysfunction …

Measurement properties of the Timed Up & Go test in patients with COPD

R Mesquita, S Wilke, DE Smid… - Chronic respiratory …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
We aimed to investigate the construct validity of the Timed Up & Go (TUG) test in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to identify characteristics related to an abnormal …

Efficacy of lower-limb muscle training modalities in severely dyspnoeic individuals with COPD and quadriceps muscle weakness: results from the DICES trial

MJH Sillen, FME Franssen, JML Delbressine, AW Vaes… - Thorax, 2014 - thorax.bmj.com
Rationale Strength training and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) improve lower-
limb muscle function in dyspnoeic individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease education in pulmonary rehabilitation. An official American thoracic Society/Thoracic Society of Australia and new Zealand …

FC Blackstock, SC Lareau, L Nici… - Annals of the …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
According to the 2013 American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement
on pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), education to promote effective self-management is a …

Fatigue in chronic respiratory diseases: theoretical framework and implications for real-life performance and rehabilitation

M Gruet - Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Fatigue is a primary disabling symptom in chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) with major
clinical implications. However, fatigue is not yet sufficiently explored and is still poorly …

Inspiratory muscle training does not improve clinical outcomes in 3-week COPD rehabilitation: results from a randomised controlled trial

K Schultz, D Jelusic, M Wittmann… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The value of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unclear. The RIMTCORE (Routine Inspiratory …

Failed upregulation of TFAM protein and mitochondrial DNA in oxidatively deficient fibers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease locomotor muscle

Y Konokhova, S Spendiff, RT Jagoe, S Aare… - Skeletal muscle, 2016 - Springer
Background Low mitochondrial content and oxidative capacity are well-established features
of locomotor muscle dysfunction, a prevalent and debilitating systemic occurrence in …

Molecular and biological pathways of skeletal muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

E Barreiro, J Gea - Chronic respiratory disease, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be a major leading cause of death
worldwide in the near future. Weakness and atrophy of the quadriceps are associated with a …

Increasing implementation and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation: key messages from the new ATS/ERS policy statement

I Vogiatzis, CL Rochester, MA Spruit… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Increasing implementation and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation: key messages from the
new ATS/ERS policy statement | European Respiratory Society Skip to main content Main …