M. A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), L. Puente Maestu (Madrid, Spain)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Home nutritional rehabilitation improves survival in malnourished patients with chronic respiratory failure: a randomised controlled trial
C. P. Pison, N. C. Cano, C. C. Chérion, F. C. Caron, I. C. F. Court-Fortune, M. T. A. Antonini, J. G. B. Gonzalez-Bermejo, L. M. Meziane, L. C. M. Molano, J. P. J. Janssens, F. C. Costes, B. W. Wuyam, T. S. Similowski, B. M. Melloni, M. H. Hayot, J. A. Augustin, C. T. Tardif, H. L. Lejeune, H. R. Roth, C. P. Pichard (Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand, Poitiers, Saint Etienne, Limoges, Paris, Montpellier, Rouen, Lyon, Genève, France; Genève, Switzerland)
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LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Proactive integrated care improves a constellation of outcomes in COPD
P. K. Koff, S. J. M. Min, T. F. Freitag, S. J. James, C. K. Kveton, S. C. Carwin, T. S. Stelzner, A. B. Beck, D. L. Linderman, R. K. Keith, N. V. Voelkel, W. V. Vandivier (Aurora, Denver, Richmond, United States Of America)
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Clinical characteristics, exercise capacity and inflammatory profile in COPD patients attending to an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation programme (PRP)
L. Malagrinò, B. Vagaggini, F. Costa, D. Nieri, S. Antonelli, C. De Simone, G. De Cusatis, P. L. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
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Surges in circulating interleukin-6 and transforming growth factor-β associated with exercise in patients with COPD are attenuated by pulmonary rehabilitation
A. I. El Gammal, R. O‘Farrell, A. O‘Mahony, L. O‘Mahony, F. Shanahan, T. M. O‘Connor (Cork, Ireland)
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Is the EuroQol generic health status questionnaire sensitive to the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD?
C. Brown, G. Austin, J. McGowan, I. Chakravorty (Stevenage, Hatfield, United Kingdom)
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Functional independence measure as a pulmonary rehabilitation outcome
B. Lanini, F. Gigliotti, F. Gandi, I. Romagnoli, C. Coli, E. Vulpio, B. Binazzi, G. Innocenti Bruni, G. Scano (Pozzolatico, Italy)
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Daily physical activity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A. Chambellan, M. Cabillic, L. M. Laisne, M. Biger, B. Delasalle, A. Lucas, G. Camara (Nantes, France)
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Energy expenditure in COPD patients: estimating the impact of bronchodilators using SenseWear armband
A. Segreti, E. Stirpe, M. Appodia, C. Ciaprini, M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy)
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Profile of physical activities in daily life in Brazilian patients with COPD
N. A. Hernandes, D. C. Teixeira, V. S. Probst, A. D. Fontana, A. F. Brunetto, E. M. C. Ramos, F. Pitta (Londrina, Presidente Prudente, Brazil)
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Pilot study to assess the discriminatory properties and reproducibility of the actitrac monitors
L. Houchen, J. Bankart, S. Singh (Leicester, Coventry, United Kingdom)
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Upper limb muscle strength relates with pulmonary functions, exercise capacity, quality of life and dyspnoea in patients with COPD
P. Ergün, D. Kaymaz, N. Demir, E. Çanak, N. Egesel, F. Topçuoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Limited clinical relevance of the 6MWD in relation to complaints and quality of life in COPD
J. B. Peters, L. M. Boer, L. Daudey, J. Molema, Y. F. Heijdra, P. N. R. Dekhuijzen, J. H. Vercoulen (Nijmegen, Groesbeek, Netherlands)
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Characteristics of COPD patients with and without quadriceps weakness
A. W. Vaes, L. P. M. Op het Veld, L. G. M. Fransen, E. F. M. Wouters, M. A. Spruit (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands)
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The relationship of anxiety and depression with pulmonary function tests, dyspnoea, exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with COPD
P. Ergun, D. Kaymaz, N. Turkoglu Selcuk, N. Egesel (Ankara, Turkey)
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Relationship of nutritional state with exercise capacity, quality of life and dyspnoea in COPD patients
P. Ergün, D. Kaymaz, F. Sengül, N. Egesel, F. Topçuoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Level of hopelessness in patients with pulmonary diseases
A. Rasheva, K. Kostov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Correlation of oxygen consumption and questionnaire dyspnoea and pulmonary functional status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
E. Romero B., M. E. Domínguez F., M. P. Nájera C., R. A. Sándoval P. (Mexico, Mexico)
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Depression signs in COPD patients and the relation between the respiratory parameters
N. Ucar, S. Akpinar, D. Ernam, O. Orsel, D. Birel, T. Sipit, N. Egesel (Ankara, Turkey)
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Associations between generic and disease-specific health status measures and severity of COPD
P. Frith, P. Cafarella, J. Paddison (Daw Park, Australia)
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The correlation between bone mineral density and the respiratory function and the health-related quality of life of patients with COPD
N. Takeda, T. Kikuchi, F. Kokubu (Yokohama-city, Japan)
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