Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.

Material from 2008:

3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
316 Multimedia files

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Physical activity and pulmonary rehabilitation - not two of a kind

Symposium
Chairs: R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium), E. Clini (Gaiato - Modena, Italy)
Aims: The symposium aims to highlight the possibilities and shortcomings of presently available activity monitors or other instruments to assess activities of daily living (including proxy measures such as functional exercise tests). Furthermore, the complexity of physical activity as a behaviour will be illustrated and avenues to enhance physical activities will be discussed.

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Activity monitoring, state of the art in 2008 F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil)
Rehabilitation to enhance physical activities T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Behavioural interventions to enhance physical activities, models in different chronic diseases P. De Feo (Perugia, Italy)
Ambulatory oxygen to improve physical activities in COPD R. Casaburi (Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca, United States of America)