Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

Saturday, 24.09.2011
Sunday, 25.09.2011
Monday, 26.09.2011
Tuesday, 27.09.2011
Wednesday, 28.09.2011

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, abstract number.


Material from 2011
  • 4205 Abstracts
  • 632 Slide presentations
  • 250 Webcasts
  • 66 Handouts
  • 1703 e-posters
  • 250 Multimedia files
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Respiratory and skeletal muscle assessment in health and disease

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy), C. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland), J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain), S. Verges (Echirolles, France)
The effects of inspiratory muscle training on breathing mechanics during fixed load cycling exercise
D. Mills, G. Sharpe, M. Johnson, Y. Barnett (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
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Chest wall volume changes during normocapnic hyperpnoea with constant breathing pattern
S. K. Illi, S. Hostettler, E. Mohler, A. Aliverti, C. M. Spengler (Zurich, Nottwil, Switzerland; Milan, Italy)
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Chest wall kinematics during different levels of positive end-expiratory pressure in cystic fibrosis children
G. A. de Freitas Fregonezi, S. Brilhante, M. Gurgel, R. Florencio, K. Soares, F. A. Lavezzo Dias, V. Resqueti, A. D. F. Dornelas de Andrade (Parnamirim, Recife, Brazil)
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Influence of aerobic exercise training on respiratory muscle strength in obese Thai women
W. Khrisanapant, O. Pasurivong, T. Suthitum, J. Namarmarth (Khon Kaen, Thailand)
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Inspiratory muscle strength training: A pilot study on laryngeal movements
A. Sandnes, T. Andersen, T. Halvorsen, J. H. Heimdal, T. Karlsen, T. A. Ellingsen, M. Hilland, O. Røksund (Bergen, Norway)
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Diaphragm and quadriceps muscle fatigue in self-paced cycling exercise of different durations
E. C. Eberle, T. Wüthrich, C. M. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland)
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Dyspnoea, respiratory muscle strength and hyperventilation in end-stage liver disease
G. Kaltsakas, E. Antoniou, A. Palamidas, P. Paraskeva, S. A. Genimmata, G. Dionellis, J. Milic-Emili, M. Alchanatis, N. G. Koulouris (Athens, Greece; Montreal, Canada)
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Reproducibility of diaphragm thickness measurements by ultrasonography
M. Laviola, C. Salito, A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy)
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Effects of cardiomegaly on regional chest wall volume in patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy
J. D. Silva, D. Brandao, J. Nascimento, Jr., L. Carvalho, W. Oliveira Junior, R. Britto, G. Fregonezi, A. Aliverti, A. Dornelas de Andrade (Recife, Belo Horizonte, Natal, Brazil; Milan, Italy)
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Effect of thoracocentesis on respiratory muscle strength in patients with unilateral pleural effusion
S. Michaelides, O. Vartzioti, G. Bablekos, G. Goulas, A. Lazaratou, G. Ionas, E. Kourtelesi (Maroussi-Athens, Greece)
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Spinal behavior during tidal and deep breathing in healthy male subjects
M. Masuda, H. Kurosawa, J. Ohishi, D. Kobayashi, M. Kohzuki (Sendai, Japan)
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Positive effects of inspiratory muscle training(IMT) on ventilatory response to progressive hypercapnia in healthy subjects
D. Dörfler, M. Petrovic, W. Pohl, T. Wanke (Vienna, Austria)
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Maximum cough pressures are increased in patients with chronic cough
K. K. Lee, K. Ward, G. F. Rafferty, J. Moxham, S. S. Birring (London, United Kingdom)
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Obesity and respiratory muscle power
A. Bashir, R. Ibrahim, A. Magzoub, O. Musa (Khartoum, Kosti, Sudan)
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Changes of active expiration respiratory muscle (RM) in men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
S. Lemiasheuskaya, M. Nedzvedz, A. Makarevich, A. Lemiasheuski, A. Pochtavcev (Minsk, Belarus)
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Acute inspiratory load effects on chest wall volumes distribuition and inspiratory muscles activation
A. da Gama, L. Carvalho, L. Feitosa, J. Nascimento, Jr., R. Sa, A. G. Cavalcanti, G. Fregonezi, A. Aliverti, M. A. Rodrigues, A. Dornelas de Andrade (Recife, Natal, Brazil; Milano, Italy)
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Does lung transplantation improve chronotropic incompetence?
M. Bartels, H. Armstrong, S. Arcasoy (New York, United States Of America)
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Does chronotropic incompetence occur in interstitial lung disease?
M. Bartels, H. Armstrong, A. Layton, D. Lederer (New York, United States Of America)
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Effect of posture on chest wall and diaphragm asynchronies in COPD
R. Priori, M. Quaranta, A. L. P. Albuquerque, P. M. A. Calverley, A. Aliverti (Milano, Italy; Liverpool, United Kingdom; Sao Paolo, Brazil)
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Parasternal muscle contractility increases with aminophylline
J. Jagers, B. Rothwell, P. Easton (Calgary, Canada)
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