The best abstracts in pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care (sponsored by MOTEK Medical)

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M.A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
The body mass index and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the BOLD study
L. Vanfleteren, B. Lamprecht, E. Wouters, L. Gnatiuc, P. Burney, M. Studnicka, F. Franssen (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands; Salzburg, Austria; London, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Inadequate activation of cortical motor areas during maximal and submaximal contractions of the knee extensors in COPD patients
F. Alexandre, N. Héraud, N. Oliver, A. Varray (Montpellier, Lodève, France)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Improvement in exercise capacity in obese obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): Respective impact of ventilatory support during exercise and respiratory muscle training in a randomized controlled trial
I. Vivodtzev, R. Tamisier, M. Croteau, J. C. Rambert, A. Grangier, S. Gorain, J. C. Borel, B. Wuyam, P. Lévy, C. Minville, F. Sériès, F. Maltais, J. L. Pépin (Grenoble, France; Québec, Canada)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Responsiveness and minimum clinically important difference of the 4 metre gait speed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
S. S. C. Kon, J. L. Canavan, A. L. Clark, C. M. Nolan, S. E. Jones, P. Cullinan, M. I. Polkey, W. D. C. Man (Harefield, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Echocardiographic abnormalities in patients with COPD entering pulmonary rehabilitation
S. Wilke, M. Spruit, M. Otkinska, N. Lencer, L. Vanfleteren, E. Wouters, F. Franssen (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster