Exercise capacity: from elite athletes to severe impairment

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: L. Romer (Uxbridge, United Kingdom), J. Neder (Sao Paulo, Brazil), G. Garcia (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), L. Laviolette (Paris, France)

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Factors predicting exercise-induced oxygen desaturation in stable COPD K. Hussein, A. Farouk Alkarn, S. Hamdi, R. El-Sokkary, H. Shams (Assiut, Egypt)
A 4-min, self-paced step test to assess exercise impairment in COPD patients GOLD I-to-IV M. Gomes, B. Amorim, M. Rodrigues, M. Oliveira, M. Almeida, A. Acedo, A. Souza, T. Cunha, J.A. Neder (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Factors associated with aerobic fitness in adolescents with asthma S. Berntsen, K.C.L. Carlsen, S.A. Anderssen, P. Mowinckel, K.H. Calrsen (Kristiansand, Oslo, Norway)
Predicting VO₂max in elderly: Could equations established in younger subjects be used? C. Pistea, E. Lonsdorfer, S. Doutreleau, I. Enache, T. Vogel, A. Charloux (Strasbourg, France)
Reference values for cardiorespiratory fitness in a 20 – 85 year old population E. Edvardsen, B.H. Hansen, I.M. Holme, S.M. Dyrstad, S.A. Anderssen (Oslo, Norway)
Exercise in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Performance and the prevalence of dynamic hyperinflation A. Albuquerque, B. Baldi, S. Pimenta, J.M. Salge, R. Kairalla, C. Carvalho (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Exercise respiratory cycle time components in patients with emphysema A.M. Ferrazza, P. Paoletti, G. Valli, P. Onorati, D. Martolini, M. Mordenti, F. Vaccaro, P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Skeletal muscle oxygenation during exercise in patients with chronic respiratory failure K. Tabira, J. Horie, H. Fujii, T. Aida (Kitakatsuragi-gun, Kobe, Osaka, Japan)
Inspiratory muscle constraint during exercise in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension B. Joureau-Harasse, G. Garcia, C. Straus, E. Arnaud Macari, X. Jaïs, D. Montani, L. Savale, O. Sitbon, G. Simonneau, M. Humbert, T. Similowski, P. Laveneziana (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Le Plessis-Robinson, Clamart, Paris, France)
A metabolic evaluation of a group of obese children: Oxygen consumption (VO2) and power M. Tubaro, I. Benfatto, M. Canciani, F. Valent (Udine, Italy)
Determinants of exercise capacity in patients with COPD without other comorbidities G. Samperiz, L. Madre, P. Cubero, M. Forner, E. Forcen, S. Carrizo, J.M. Marin (Zaragoza, Spain)
Exercise precipitates lung function derangement in early diabetes A. Gupta, N. Mishra, R. Gupta, S. Sood (Rohtak, India)
Daily physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease S. Zogg, S. Dürr, S. Maier, E.H. Steveling, D. Miedinger, J.D. Leuppi (Basel, Zurich, Switzerland)
Effect of exercise training on ventilation in patients with COPD or chronic heart failure M. Gudjonsdottir, E. Thoroddsen, A.E. Karlsdottir, A. Kristjánsdottir, M.R. Jonasson, M. Asgeirsdottir (Reykjavik, Mosfellsbaer, Iceland)
Short-term ingestion of salbutamol increases isometric muscle power in endurance athletes A. Kalsen, M. Hostrup, J. Bangsbo, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Effects of acute and two week intake of salbutamol on anaerobic power and capacity during repeated bouts of exercise in elite cyclists M. Hostrup, A. Kalsen, J. Bangsbo, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Inspiratory muscle warm-up does not improve cycling time trial performance I. Gregson, D. Mills, J. Gonzalez, G. Sharpe, M. Johnson (Nottingham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Minute ventilation (V‘_E) and heart rate (HR) relationship during exercise in chronic cardiac and pulmonary diseases P. Onorati, P. Marinelli, P. Paoletti, A.M. Ferrazza, G. Valli, M. Internullo, D. Martolini, P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Influence of ventilatory inefficiency in to limit exercise capacity in COPD patients I. Caviedes, R. Soto (Santiago, Chile)
Respiratory muscle endurance training (RMET) with normocapnic hyperpnea (NH) improves ventilatory function and exercise performance in triathletes E. Bernardi, E. Melloni, G. Mandolesi, L. Pomidori, A. Cogo (Ferrara, Italy)