Clinically relevant physical benefits of exercise interventions in breast cancer survivors

AA Kirkham, KA Bland, S Sayyari, KL Campbell… - Current oncology …, 2016 - Springer
Evidence is currently limited for the effect of exercise on breast cancer clinical outcomes.
However, several of the reported physical benefits of exercise, including peak oxygen …

Is the 1-minute sit-to-stand test a good tool for the evaluation of the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation? Determination of the minimal important difference in COPD

T Vaidya, C De Bisschop, M Beaumont… - … journal of chronic …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background The 1-minute sit-to-stand (STS) test could be valuable to assess the level of
exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is a need to …

Six-minute walk test in systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Vandecasteele, M De Pauw, F De Keyser… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) are
the leading causes of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although the six-minute walk test …

Finding significant stress episodes in a discontinuous time series of rapidly varying mobile sensor data

H Sarker, M Tyburski, MM Rahman… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Management of daily stress can be greatly improved by delivering sensor-triggered just-in-
time interventions (JITIs) on mobile devices. The success of such JITIs critically depends on …

Health-related quality of life after pulmonary embolism: a cross-sectional study

M Tavoly, KK Utne, LP Jelsness-Jørgensen, HS Wik… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The psychological effects of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) have scarcely been
studied. The aims of this study were to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in …

A pilot study of a peer-group lifestyle intervention enhanced with mHealth technology and social media for adults with serious mental illness

KA Aschbrenner, JA Naslund… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
This pilot study examined the preliminary effectiveness of a peer-group lifestyle intervention
enhanced with mobile health technology and social media for obese individuals with serious …

The six-minute walk test as a measure of health in breast cancer patients

N Galiano-Castillo… - Journal of Aging …, 2016 - journals.humankinetics.com
This study examined the relationship between the 6-min walk test (6MWT) and fitness,
psychological and physiologic states, quality of life, cancer-related symptoms, and body …

Lifestyle intervention for people with severe obesity and serious mental illness

JA Naslund, KA Aschbrenner, EA Scherer… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction People with serious mental illness experience elevated severe obesity rates, yet
limited evidence documents whether lifestyle intervention participation can benefit these …

Increased dead space ventilation mediates reduced exercise capacity in systolic heart failure

K Kee, C Stuart-Andrews, MJ Ellis… - American journal of …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Patients with chronic heart failure have limited exercise capacity, which cannot be
completely explained by markers of cardiac dysfunction. Reduced pulmonary diffusing …

Gait velocity estimation for a smartwatch platform using Kalman filter peak recovery

E Nemati, YS Suh, B Motamed… - 2016 IEEE 13th …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A gait velocity estimation algorithm using the inertial sensors of a smartwatch is proposed.
The peaks of accelerometer and gyroscope norms are detected at first. Then a Kalman Filter …