Relationship between medication adherence and health-related quality of life in subjects with COPD: a systematic review

T Ágh, P Dömötör, Z Bártfai, A Inotai, E Fujsz… - Respiratory …, 2015 - rc.rcjournal.com
BACKGROUND: Various aspects of medication adherence and health-related quality of life
(HRQOL) have been studied in subjects with COPD. Nevertheless, little is known about the …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical analysis of airway mucus clearance effectiveness using assisted coughing techniques

S Ren, W Li, L Wang, Y Shi, M Cai, L Hao, Z Luo… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Cough is a protective respiratory reflex used to clear respiratory airway mucus. For patients
with cough weakness, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, neuromuscular …

ANSYS‐MATLAB co‐simulation of mucus flow distribution and clearance effectiveness of a new simulated cough device

S Ren, Y Shi, M Cai, H Zhao, Z Zhang… - … Journal for Numerical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Coughing is an irritable reaction that protects the respiratory system from infection and
improves mucus clearance. However, for the patients who cannot cough autonomously, an …

The Effects of Breathing Exercise on Respiratory Synergist Muscle Activity and SpO2 in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

DK Jeong - The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy, 2015 - koreascience.kr
Purpose: This study is not a fragmentary study on characteristics of respiratory synergist
when breathing, however it was intended to determine the effect of currently available …

The effect of exercise to deep abdominal muscle and thoracic mobility on pulmonary function

EY Kim, YJ Kim, SB Lee - The Journal of Korean Academy of …, 2014 - koreascience.kr
Background: This study was aimed to determine the effects of deep abdominal muscle
exercises (DAME) and thoracic mobility exercises (TME) on pulmonary function. Methods …

Correlation analysis between pulmonary function test parameters and CT image parameters of emphysema

CP Liu, CC Li, CJ Yu, YC Chang… - Medical Imaging …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Conventionally, diagnosis and severity classification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD) are usually based on the pulmonary function tests (PFTs). To reduce the …

Correlation analysis between pulmonary function test parameters and CT image parameters of emphysema

CYW Chang - Proc. of SPIE Vol - spiedigitallibrary.org
Conventionally, diagnosis and severity classification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD) are usually based on the pulmonary function tests (PFTs). To reduce the …