Physiotherapy aspects in cystic fibrosis and functional assessment

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: B. Oberwaldner (Graz, Austria), D. Saey (Quebec, Canada)

Exacerbation frequency and longitudinal changes in muscle strength in patients with cystic fibrosis C. Burtin, B. Vrijsen, H. Van Remoortel, D. Langer, R. Gosselink, M. Decramer, L. Dupont, T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Questionnaire to identify determinants of exercise participation in cystic fibrosis (CF) adults T. Dwyer, B. Griffin, Z. McKeough, P. Bye, J. Alison (Sydney, Australia)
Activities of daily living in patients with cystic fibrosis N. Vardar-Yagli, S. Savci, M. Saglam, Z. Ozaydin, H. Arikan, D. Inal-Ince, M. Bosnak-Guclu, E. Yalcin (Ankara, Turkey)
The impact of an acute exacerbation on physical activity and skeletal muscle force in patients with cystic fibrosis H. Van Remoortel, B. Vrijsen, C. Burtin, D. Langer, R. Gosselink, M. Decramer, L. Dupont, T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Postural changes in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis F. Meister Pereira, P. Blau Margosian Conti, M. A. G de Oliveira Ribeiro, C. I da Silva Santos, A. Fernando Ribeiro, G. Hessel, J. D. Ribeiro (Santa Caterina, Campinas, Brazil)
Medical rehabilitation programme in cystic fibrosis H. Baradzina, N. Manovitskaya (Minsk, Belarus)
The six-minute walk test in cystic fibrosis: a comparison to lung function A. Mitterhuber, B. Oberwaldner, E. Eber, M. Zach (Graz, Austria)
Six-minute walk test and clinical paramaters in cystic fibrosis: functional assessment instruments F. Meister Pereira, P. Blau Margosian Conti, M. A. G de O Ribeiro, R. Tiemi Okuro, C. I da Silva Santos, R. Alves Grande, M. Antonelli, A. Fernando Ribeiro, G. Hessel, R. Teixeira Mendes, J. D. Ribeiro (Santa Caterina, Campinas, Brazil)
Six-minute walk test: a comparison of exercise tolerance between healthy individuals and cystic fibrosis patients R. Teixeira Mendes, P. Blau Margosian Conti, M. A. G de Oliveira Ribeiro, C. Isabel da Silva Santos, R. Tiemi Okuro, A. Fernando Ribeiro, G. Hessel, J. D. Ribeiro (Campinas, Brazil)
Correlation among respiratory endurance, cognitive state and functional capacity for institutionalised elderly L. Orlandi, D. Silva, E. Pereira (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Correlation between respiratory strength and endurance with functional capacity of elderly patients with COPD L. Orlandi, F. Castro, L. Melo, M. Simões (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Effects of radical treatment in patients with respiratory cancer B. Salhi, T. Holvoet, W. Huysse, E. Derom, J. van Meerbeeck (Ghent, Belgium)
Physiological responses during different clinical exercise protocols in COPD patients J. Vilaro, E. Gimeno, A. Barberan, D. A. Rodriguez, Y. Torralba, M. Seborga, R. Rodriguez-Roisin, J. A. Barbera, J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain)
Comparative analysis of different evaluation methods for daily living activities E. Gimeno, J. Vilaro, A. Barberan, Y. Torralba, M. Seborga, D. A. Rodriguez, R. Rodriguez-Roisin, J. A. Barbera, J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain)
Reliability of the 6 minute walking test (6MWT) in generalised myasthenia gravis G. Fregonezi, V. Resqueti, T. Lucena Araujo, A. Dornelas de Andrade, M. E. Dourado Junior (Natal, Recife, Brazil)
Pulmonary function and six-minute walking test in obese young females: a control pilot study E. Kortianou, A. G. Konstandinou, M. Dourida, E. Kapreli, N. Strimpakos, V. Sakellari (Lamia, Greece; London, United Kingdom)
Estimating metabolic equivalent of task (MET) at the ventilatory threshold from the six minute walk test M. Cabillic, C. Kierzkowski, M. Mériot, A. Lucas, G. Camara, A. Chambellan (Nantes, France)
Exercise tolerance and respiratory muscle strength in mouth breathers F. Meister Pereira, P. Blau Margosian Conti, M. A. G de Oliveira Ribeiro, R. Tiemi Okuro, E. Piacentini Correa, C. Isabel S Santos, E. Sakano, R. Teixeira Mendes, J. D. Ribeiro (Santa Caterina, Campinas, Brazil)
Relationship between body composition, respiratory muscle strength, and functional capacity in patients with heart failure H. Arikan, M. Bosnak-Guclu, S. Savci, E. Tulumen, D. Inal-Ince, M. Saglam, N. Vardar-Yagli, V. Bayrakci-Tunay, L. Togozoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
Influence of pulmonary rehabilitation on 6mwd in relation to health status J. B. Peters, L. M. Boer, L. Daudey, J. Molema, Y. F. Heijdra, P. N. R. Dekhuijzen, J. H. Vercoulen (Nijmegen, Groesbeek, Netherlands)