An official European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society technical standard: field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease

AE Holland, MA Spruit, T Troosters… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Field walking tests are commonly employed to evaluate exercise capacity, assess prognosis
and evaluate treatment response in chronic respiratory diseases. In recent years, there has …

An official systematic review of the European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society: measurement properties of field walking tests in chronic respiratory …

SJ Singh, MA Puhan, V Andrianopoulos… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This systematic review examined the measurement properties of the 6-min walk test
(6MWT), incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) and endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) in …

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 …

Use of exercise testing in the evaluation of interventional efficacy: an official ERS statement

L Puente-Maestu, P Palange… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This document reviews 1) the measurement properties of commonly used exercise tests in
patients with chronic respiratory diseases and 2) published studies on their utilty and/or …

Pulmonary rehabilitation exercise prescription in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: review of selected guidelines: an official statement from the American …

C Garvey, MP Bayles, LF Hamm, K Hill… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
METHODS Professional members and expert reviewers were identified from ACSM, ATS,
ERS, AACVPR, and American Association for Respiratory Care. Three pulmonary exercise …

Practical recommendations for exercise training in patients with COPD

R Gloeckl, B Marinov, F Pitta - European Respiratory Review, 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of this article was to provide practical recommendations to healthcare professionals
interested in offering a pulmonary rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic …

Exercise assessments and trainings of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: a literature review

Y Zeng, F Jiang, Y Chen, P Chen… - International journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Skeletal muscle dysfunction leads to reduction in activity in patients with COPD. As an
essential part of the management of COPD, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) alleviates …

Health-related quality of life and physical recovery after a critical illness: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of a home-based physical rehabilitation program

D Elliott, S McKinley, J Alison, LM Aitken, M King… - Critical Care, 2011 - Springer
Introduction Significant physical sequelae exist for some survivors of a critical illness. There
are, however, few studies that have examined specific interventions to improve their …

Personalized exercise training in chronic lung diseases

M Armstrong, I Vogiatzis - Respirology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are characterized by exertional dyspnoea, exercise
limitation and reduced health‐related quality of life (QoL). Exercise training is essential for …

Effect of a short multicomponent exercise intervention focused on muscle power in frail and pre frail elderly: a pilot trial

J Losa-Reyna, I Baltasar-Fernandez, J Alcazar… - Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim was to establish whether a short supervised facility-based exercise
program improved frailty, physical function and performance in comparison with usual care …