The latest insights in exercise testing and physical inactivity

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Gloeckl (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany), R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom), C. Burtin (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Exercise capacity and lobar hyperinflation in patients with COPD
G. Leemans, K. Ides, C. Van Holsbeke, W. Vos, J. De Backer, W. De Backer (Edegem, Wilrijk, Kontich, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prevalence and characteristics of non-hypoxemic COPD patients exhibited exercise-induced desaturation during 6MWT
V. Andrianopoulos, F. Franssen, J. Peeters, T. Ubachs, H. Bukari, M. Groenen, C. Burtin, I. Vogiatzis, E. Wouters, M. Spruit (Horn, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Netherlands; Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prediction of incremental shuttle walking test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
K. Anami, J. Horie, H. Naotsuka, S. Shiranita, S. Hayashi (Kyoto, Kobe, Saga, Karatsu, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Six minute walk test inter-rater reproducibility in COPD patients: Cross-sectional study
J. Ferreira Arcuri, I. Gonçalves Labadessa, J. Nogueira Ferreira da Costa, B. Varanda Pessoa, M. Jamami, V. Amorim Pires Di Lorenzo (São Carlos, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The six minute walking test: Clinical predictors of survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
G. Brunetti, V. Rossi, A. Malovini (Pavia, Italy)
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Inability to perform paced step-test and self-reported physical activity are useful measures of functional capacity among patients with COPD
D. Coultas, B. Jackson, M. Uhm, K. Singh, S. Bae (Tyler, Birmingham, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
To ascertain usefulness of chester step test in pulmonary rehabilitation programmes
S. Zaidi, J. Rylance, S. Roberts, J. Finnerty, I. Benton, A. Ponnuswamy, K. Sykes, S. Scott (Chester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Analysis of ventilation profile during six minutes walking test: Preliminary study
G. Piaggi, M. Piran, V. Rossi, S. Cirio, P. Ceriana (Pavia, Italy)
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Lactemia in the evaluation of exercise
R. Monteiro, S. Campainha, I. Pascoal, M. Guimarães, N. Taveira (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Physical activity in patients with asthma referred to a pulmonologist, a pilot-study
A. van 't Hul, H. In 't Veen, A. Roos, S. van der Sluys, A. van Bruggen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Do physically active and not physically active adult subjects with bronchiectasis have different clinical and functional characteristics?
R. Athanazio, S. Zahi Rached, A. Alves de Camargo, T. Soares Amaral, F. de Cordoba Lanza, L. Malosa Sampaio, A. Cukier, R. Carvalho-Pinto, C. R. Fernandes Carvalho, R. Stelmach, S. Dal Corso (São Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The effect of regular brisk walking on quality of life and lung function in partially controlled adult asthmatics
D. Paul, P. Mithun (Thrissur, Kottayam, India)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pattern of respiratory muscle recruitment during walking in active and less physically-active COPD patients
M. Vasilopoulou, E. Kortianou, Z. Louvaris, S. Spetsioti, I. Nasis, A. Asimakos, T. Vasilogiannakopoulou, S. Zakynthinos, I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The impact of dyspnea on exercise capacity, physical activity in daily life, and health-related quality of life in adult subjects with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
S. Zahi Rached, R. Athanazio, A. Alves de Camargo, T. Soares Amaral, F. de Cordoba Lanza, D. Costa, A. Cukier, R. Carvalho-Pinto, C. R. Fernandes Carvalho, R. Stelmach, S. Dal Corso (São Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Walking guide for COPD patients: Can be used as a promoter of physical activity?
M. Hernandez, F. Zambom, J. A. Cascante, J. Hueto, M. Antón, P. Cebollero (Pamplona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Relationship between London chest daily living activity scale and i-BODE index in COPD
E. Simsek Utku, D. Yilmaz Kaymaz, P. Ergun, P. Demir, N. Mendil Alptekinoglu, I. Candemir, N. Demir (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Relationships between changes in the respiratory distress level of COPD patients undergoing a six-minute walking distance test, their physical functions, and exercise capacity
J. Horie, K. Anami, M. Tanaka, S. I. Hayashi (Kobe, Kyoto, Imari, Saga, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
6MWT improvement after pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is inversely associated with degree of airflow obstruction in COPD patients. A retrospective study
A. Zanini, S. Della Ptrona, S. Casale, V. Leoni, M. Moscheni, F. Cherubino, A. Spanevello (Tradate, Varese, Varese, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Low muscle mass is a strong predictor for osteoporosis in smokers with or without COPD
M. Hornikx, H. Van Remoortel, H. Demeyer, K. De Bent, M. Decramer, T. Troosters, W. Janssens (Leuven, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Klotho expression is reduced in COPD
M. S. Patel, A. Lewis, S. A. Natanek, D. Martolini, P. Bruijnzeel, V. Anikin, N. McGonigle, S. Jordan, N. S. Hopkinson, W. D. C. Man, P. Kemp, M. I. Polkey (London, United Kingdom; Mölndal, Sweden)
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