The best abstracts in physical inactivity and exercise training in COPD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: F. Franssen (Horn, Netherlands), H. Watz (Grosshansdorf, Germany)

Objective moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in 1064 patients with COPD after stratification for gender, FEV1 and BMI R. Mesquita, F. Pitta, D. Donaire-Gonzalez, B. M. Deering, M. Patel, K. E. Mitchell, J. Alison, A. J. R. van Gestel, S. Zogg, J. Garcia-Aymerich, K. Hill, E. Romme, S. Kon, P. Albert, B. Waschki, D. Shrikrishna, S. J. Singh, N. S. Hopkinson, D. Miedinger, C. Jenkins, M. I. Polkey, S. C. Jenkins, W. D. C. Man, C. F. Clarenbach, N. A. Hernandes, D. R. Hillman, K. C. Furlanetto, Z. McKeough, S. Watts, L. W. Cindy Ng, D. Brooks, P. R. Eastwood, T. Sant'Anna, K. Meijer, S. Dürr, M. Kohler, V. S. Probst, R. M. Tal-Singer, J. D. Leuppi, P. M. A. Calverley, F. W. Smeenk, J. Yates, R. W. Costello, R. Goldstein, H. Magnussen, E. F. M. Wouters, R. ZuWallack, H. Watz, M. A. Spruit (Horn, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Netherlands; Londrina, Brazil; Barcelona, Spain; Dublin, Ireland; London, Leicester, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Sydn, Perth, WA, Sydney, Camperdown, Sydne, Australia; Zurich, Basel, Switzerland; Toronto, Canada; Grosshansdorf, Germany; King of Prussia, Hartford, United States Of America)
Differences on the time spent in moderate intense physical activities when analyzed by different classifications in patients with COPD C. A. Camillo, H. Van Remoortel, M. Hornikx, H. Demeyer, C. Burtin, D. Langer, R. Gosselink, W. Janssens, M. Decramer, T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Which is the variable of physical activity monitoring that better correlates with functional exercise capacity in COPD? N. A. Hernandes, T. Sant'Anna, K. Furlanetto, V. S. Probst, F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil)
Longitudinal changes in regular physical activity (PA) in subjects with and without COPD: Findings from the Copenhagen City heart study A. W. Vaes, J. Garcia-Aymerich, P. Lange, M. Benet, J. L. Marrot, F. M. E. Franssen, J. Vestbo, E. F. M. Wouters, P. Schnohr, M. A. Spruit (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands; Barcelona, Spain; Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark)
Mid-thigh intramuscular fat is associated with physical inactivity and quadriceps fibre type profile in patients with COPD M. Maddocks, D. Shrikrishna, S. Natanek, S. Vitoriano, R. Tanner, N. Hart, P. Kemp, J. Moxham, M. Polkey, N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom)
Vastus lateralis proteomic analysis in muscle wasted patients with COPD R. Rabinovich, L. Ramzi, E. Drost, R. Bastos, W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Arab Emirates; Barcelona, Spain)
Effects of 8-wk muscle training in dyspneic COPD patients: Results from the DICES study M. Sillen, F. Franssen, J. Delbressine, A. Vaes, E. Wouters, M. Spruit (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands)
Resistance training with elastic tubing in patients with COPD: Functional capacity and correlation with muscle strength G. Arévalo, D. Ramos, B. Spolador, R. Xavier, G. Bertolini, G. Tacao, R. David, A. P. Freire, A. Choqueta, J. Nicolino, M. Rocha, E. Ramos (Presidente Prudente, Brazil)