Best abstracts in rehabilitation and chronic care (sponsored by MOTEK Medical)

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M.A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
Welcome and introduction
I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
The minimum important difference (MID) of the incremental shuttle walk (ISW) in COPD: Does baseline ISW influence estimates?
C. M. Nolan, J. L. Canavan, S. S. C. Kon, S. E. Jones, M. I. Polkey, W. D. C. Man (Harefield, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effectiveness of self-treatment of exacerbations in COPD patients: Two-year follow-up of the COPE-II study
M. Zwerink, H. A. M. Kerstjens, J. van der Palen, P. van der Valk, M. Brusse-Keizer, G. Zielhuis, T. Effing (Enschede, Groningen, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Daw Park, Adelaide, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of experimental modulation of different mood states on dyspnea
S. Deo, B. Paudel, R. Khadka, N. Limbu (Dharan, Nepal)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Lower limb muscle mass using ultrasound predicts re-hospitalisation following admission for acute exacerbations of chronic respiratory disease
N. Greening, T. Harvey-Dunstan, J. Williams, M. Morgan, S. Singh, M. Steiner (Leicester, Loughborough, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Family-based pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: A randomized controlled trial
A. Marques, C. Jácome, J. Cruz, R. Gabriel, D. Figueiredo (Aveiro, Portugal)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Keynote lecture: Pulmonary Rehabilitation in early disease stages: taking a walk on the "mild" side
F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation