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 …

Palliative care and management of troublesome symptoms for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

M Maddocks, N Lovell, S Booth, WDC Man… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
People with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have distressing
physical and psychological symptoms, often have limited understanding of their disease …

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] American thoracic society/European respiratory society statement on pulmonary rehabilitation

L Nici, C Donner, E Wouters, R Zuwallack… - American journal of …, 2006 - atsjournals.org
Since the last statements on pulmonary rehabilitation by the American Thoracic Society
(ATS; 1999) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS; 1997), there have been numerous …

The assessment of fatigue: a practical guide for clinicians and researchers

AJ Dittner, SC Wessely, RG Brown - Journal of psychosomatic research, 2004 - Elsevier
Objectives: Fatigue is a common feature of physical and neurological disease as well as
psychiatric disorders, often reported amongst patients' most severe and distressing …

Cognitive function in COPD

JW Dodd, SV Getov, PW Jones - European Respiratory Journal, 2010 - Eur Respiratory Soc
In order to characterise the overall clinical picture of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) a better understanding of all relevant comorbidities is required. It is increasingly …

Health status measurement in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

PW Jones - Thorax, 2001 - thorax.bmj.com
Health status measurement is a common feature of studies in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). This review assesses recent evidence for the validity of these …

Canadian Thoracic Society recommendations for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease–2007 update

DE O'donnell, S Aaron, J Bourbeau… - Canadian …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory illness in Canada that
is both preventable and treatable. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of this complex …

Factors that influence disease-specific quality of life or health status in patients with COPD: a review and meta-analysis of Pearson correlations.

I Tsiligianni, J Kocks, N Tzanakis… - … journal: journal of the …, 2011 - europepmc.org
Background A major goal in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) is to ensure that the burden of the disease for patients with COPD is limited and that …

Functional neuroimaging correlates of mental fatigue induced by cognition among chronic fatigue syndrome patients and controls

DB Cook, PJ O'Connor, G Lange, J Steffener - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
The neural mechanisms underlying feelings of fatigue are poorly understood. The primary
purpose of the study was to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to determine …