Emerging physiology behind pulmonary rehabilitation

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M. Steiner (Leicester, United Kingdom), A. Schols (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Pulmonary rehabilitation eliminates expiratory flow limitation during exercise in COPD patients
E. Theodorakopoulou, M. Harikiopoulou, S. Gennimata, S. Dumitru, S. Lagou, P. Kavoura, H. Dimitropoulos, E. Kainis, T. Gregoratou, V. Polyzou, H. Papavassilopoulou, E. Vaska, N. Koulouris, J. Milic Emili, E. Kosmas, C. Roussos (Athens, Greece; Montreal, Canada)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on peripheral muscle fibre characteristics in COPD patients with gold stages II to IV
I. Vogiatzis, G. Stratakos, G. Terzis, D. Simoes, D. Athanasopoulos, E. Cherouvim, E. Kourepini, I. Tsiokou, S. Zakynthinos, C. Roussos (Athens, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
The effects of exercise training on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) expression in skeletal muscle in COPD
R. Evans, D. Constantin, S. Singh, P. Greenhaff, M. Morgan, M. Steiner (Leicester, Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on serum superoxide dismutase isoenzymes and oxidative stress in patients with COPD
S. Oh-ishi, M. Itoh, K. Nemoto, S. Senba, N. Shimizudani, H. Adachi, K. Kishi, H. Nakamura, T. Matsuoka (Inashiki, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Gender related differences of circulating leptin in COPD
M. K. Breyer, E. P. A. Rutten, J. H. J. Vernooy, M. A Spruit, E. F. M. Wouters (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands; Vienna, Austria)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Autonomic nervous system activity in COPD patients: effects of endurance training
D. A. Rodríguez, E. Gimeno, J. Vilaro, A. Barberan, I. Blanco, Y. Torralba, R. Rodríguez-Roisin, J. A. Barberà, J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Paco2 behavior in pre lung transplantation (pre-LTx) patients undergoing continuous (CT) or interval training (IT)
B. Weber-Lange, R. Glöckl, B. Sczepanski, J. Behr, K. Kenn (Schönau am Königssee, München, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Aerobic exercise attenuates pulmonary alterations induced by exposure to cigarette smoke in mice
A. Choqueta de Toledo, R. Moschela Magalhaes, R. De Paula Vieira, D. De Camargo Hizume, H. Takashi Moriya, P. C. Biselli, T. Mauad, F. D. T. Q. S. Lopes, M. De Arruda Martins (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation