Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

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4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
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Pulmonary rehabilitation and skeletal muscles, COPD and non-COPD

Poster Discussion
Chairs: R. Garrod (London, United Kingdom), M. Emtner (Uppsala, Sweden)

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The effectiveness of chest physiotherapy that is applied in COPD patients with exacerbation S. Ozalevli, A. H. Cimrin (Izmir, Turkey)
Effects of upper limb and thoracic strength training on 6-min walk distance improvement in patients with COPD undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation V. Z. Dourado, S. E. Tanni, L. C. O. Antunes, P. A. Lucheta, I. Godoy (Diamantina, Botucatu, Brazil)
Nordic walking and endurance training in COPD U. Pedersen, A. Hagelsteen Dalelid (Hakadal, Norway)
Non-invasive ventilation effects during a six-minute walk test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease L. C. L. Orlandi, F. A. Abreu, N. V. Souza, S. S. Dias, L. F. S. Nogueira, M. D. G. R. Machado (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Effects of non-invasive ventilation in short term previously to evaluation of functional capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease L. C. L. Orlandi, J. R. G. Solar, L. P. Carvalho, L. Oliveira, L. C. Campanha, M. D. G. R. Machado, L. F. S. Nogueira (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Determinants of impaired exercise capacity in mild to moderate COPD C. R. van Wetering, F. van Nooten, M. P. Rutten-van Mölken, A. M. Schols (Veldhoven, Rotterdam, Maastricht, Netherlands)
Quality of life in patients presenting with lung cancer and the affecting factors involved S. Ozalevli, A. Ozden, S. Bulac, A. Akkoclu (Izmir, Turkey)
Effects of short-term pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis R. Kozu, H. Senjyu, H. Mukae, S. Kohno (Nagasaki, Japan)
Quadriceps force and 6-minute walking distance before and after lung transplantation G. Maury, T. Troosters, G. Verleden, L. Dupont, R. Gosselink, M. Decramer (Yvoir, Leuven, Belgium)
A domiciliary program to sustain physical fitness in morbidly obese individuals R. Tumiati, E. Crisafulli, B. Serri, C. M. Lorenzi, F. Prato, F. Degli Antoni, E. M. Clini (Pavullo, Italy)
Prevalence and importance of skeletal muscle weakness in cystic fibrosis T. Troosters, B. Vrijsen, R. Gosselink, L. Dupont, M. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium)
Disabilities experienced in normal daily activities by patients with COPD M. A. Spruit, P. P. Janssen, L. G. M. Fransen, J. J. W. Jansen, M. A. Akkermans, E. F. M. Wouters (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands)
Assessment of physical activity using a multisensor armband T. Troosters, D. Langer, D. Saey, R. Gosselink, M. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium)
Fear of effort in patients with COPD Y. Salik, S. Ozalevli, E. S. Ucan, A. H. Cimrin (Izmir, Turkey)
Is a practice incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) really necessary? F. Gray, A. Smith, M. Britton, P. Murray, J. Bott (Chertsey, United Kingdom)
The effects of cigarette consumption on exercise capacity and quality of life in terms of gender S. Ozalevli, O. Kilinc, Z. Ozay, N. Teoman, A. Ozden (Izmir, Turkey)
The intertester and intratester reliability of the Nagasaki University respiratory activities of daily living questionnaire (NRADL) H. Senjyu, R. Kozu, C. Kitagawa, K. Matumoto (Nagasaki, Japan)
Airways questionnaire 20 (AQ20) is reliable but not complete to measure changes in health related quality of life (HRQL) after exercise training in COPD patients V. Z. Dourado, S. E. Tanni, L. C. O. Antunes, P. A. Lucheta, I. Godoy (Diamantina, Botucatu, Brazil)