Home-based or remote exercise testing in chronic respiratory disease, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a rapid review

AE Holland, C Malaguti, M Hoffman… - Chronic respiratory …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To identify exercise tests that are suitable for home-based or remote
administration in people with chronic lung disease. Methods: Rapid review of studies that …

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 …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit, SJ Singh, C Garvey… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the
management of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic disease and falls in community-dwelling Canadians over 65 years old: a population-based study exploring associations with number and pattern of …

KM Sibley, J Voth, SE Munce, SE Straus, SB Jaglal - BMC geriatrics, 2014 - Springer
Background Falls and chronic disease are both important health issues in older adults. The
objectives of this study were to quantify the prevalence of falls and multi-morbidity (≥ 2 …

Impairments in systems underlying control of balance in COPD

MK Beauchamp, KM Sibley, B Lakhani, J Romano… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Although balance deficits are increasingly recognized in COPD, little is known
regarding the disordered subcomponents underlying the control of balance. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Falls in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational cohort study

M Roig, JJ Eng, DL MacIntyre, JD Road… - Respiratory …, 2011 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate incidence, risk factors and impact of falls on health
related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Validity, reliability, and ability to identify fall status of the Berg Balance Scale, BESTest, Mini-BESTest, and Brief-BESTest in patients with COPD

C Jácome, J Cruz, A Oliveira, A Marques - Physical therapy, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Balance Evaluation Systems Test
(BESTest), Mini-BESTest, and Brief-BESTest are useful in the assessment of balance. Their …

[HTML][HTML] Proprioceptive changes impair balance control in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

L Janssens, S Brumagne, AK McConnell, K Claeys… - PLoS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Balance deficits are identified as important risk factors for falling in individuals
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the specific use of …

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 …

A randomized controlled trial of balance training during pulmonary rehabilitation for individuals with COPD

MK Beauchamp, T Janaudis-Ferreira, V Parreira… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Deficits in balance are increasingly recognized among the important secondary
impairments in COPD. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a balance …