Best abstracts in exercise capacity and testing in chronic lung diseases

Poster Discussion
Chairs: Pierantonio Laveneziana (Paris, France), Sally J. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom)

Impact of whole body vibration training on balance and muscle power in patients with severe COPD – A randomized, controlled trial Rainer Gloeckl (Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany), Rainer Gloeckl, Ulrike Bengsch, Inga Jarosch, Tessa Schneeberger, Klaus Kenn
High intensity interval training increases the clinical control, aerobic fitness and decreases dyspnea in severe asthmatics Ronaldo Aparecido da Silva (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Ronaldo Aparecido da Silva, Patrícia Gonçalves Leite Rocco, Flavio Mazzucatto, Alberto Cukier, Rafael Stelmach, Milton Arruda Martins, Celso Ricardo Fernandes Carvalho
Carbon-dioxide oscillations during six-minute walk test in patients with very severe COPD Vasileios Andrianopoulos (Schönau a. Königssee, Germany), Vasileios Andrianopoulos, Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren, Inga Jarosch, Rainer Gloeckl, Emiel F.M. Wouters, Martijn A. Spruit, Klaus Kenn
Influence of critical hyperinflation in exercise capacity improvement after pulmonary rehabilitation in severely obstructed patients Vanessa Maria Ferreira dos Santos (Ovar, Portugal), Vanessa Maria Ferreira dos Santos, Rita Boaventura, Leonor Meira, Paula Martins, Luís Gaspar, Paulo Viana, Emília Araújo, Isabel Gomes
Comparison of activities of daily living in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) Ivan Ivanaga (São Paulo, Brazil), Ivan Ivanaga, Melline Della Torre de Almeida, Gabriela Figliolino, João Victor Rolim, Roberta Pulcheri Ramos, Eloara Vieira Machado Ferreira, Angelo Cepeda, Carolina S.M. Messina, Luiz Eduardo Nery, José Roberto Jardim, Jaquelina Sonoe Ota Arakaki, Oliver Augusto Nascimento
Exercise-induced oxygen desaturation determinants including pulmonary emphysema in COPD: ECLIPSE data Vasileios Andrianopoulos (Schönau a. Königssee, Germany), Vasileios Andrianopoulos, Bartolome R. Celli, Frits M.E. Franssen, Victor M. Pinto-Plata, Peter M.A. Calverley, Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Jørgen Vestbo, Alvar Agusti, Per S. Bakke, Stephen I. Rennard, William MacNee, Ruth Tal-Singer, Julie C. Yates, Emiel F.M. Wouters, Martijn A. Spruit
Short step length mainly contributes to slow gait speed in elderly patients with COPD Masahiro Iwakura (Akita, Japan), Masahiro Iwakura, Kazuki Okura, Atsuyoshi Kawagoshi, Kazuyuki Shibata, Masahiro Satake, Keiyu Sugawara, Hitomi Takahashi, Mitsunobu Homma, Takeshi Kashiwagura, Takanobu Shioya
Longitudinal change in ultrasound measurement of rectus femoris cross-sectional area in COPD Alex Labey (Barnet, United Kingdom), Alex Labey, J.L. Canavan, C.M. Nolan, S.E. Jones, S.S.C. Kon, M.I. Polkey, M. Maddocks, W.D.C. Man
Automatically adjusted oxygen flow rates to stabilize oxygen saturation during exercise in O2-dependent and hypercapnic COPD Isabelle Vivodtzev (Echirolles, France), Isabelle Vivodtzev, Erwan L’Her, Claire Yankoff, Angélique Grangier, Gabrielle Vottero, Valérie Mayer, Daniel Veale, François Maltais, François Lellouche, Jean-Louis Pépin
Quality of life and peak oxygen uptake are impaired one year after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Stéphanie Dirou (Nantes, France), Stephanie Dirou, Arnaud Chambellan, Patrice Chevallier, Patrick Germaud, Pierre Peterlin, Guillaume Lamirault, Alice Garnier, Thierry Guillaume, Béatrice Delasalle, Bastien Perrot, Antoine Magnan, François-Xavier Blanc, Patricia Lemarchand
Is the sit-to-stand test (STST) a valuable tool for the evaluation of the impact of a pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP) in COPD? Results from the French cohort rehaeffort from IRSR des Pays de Loire Arnaud Chambellan (Nantes, France), Arnaud Chambellan, Trija Vaidya, Claire de Bisschop, Hakima Ouksel, Laurence Nourry, Anne Vincent
A multicentre validation of the 1-minute sit-to-stand test in COPD patients Sarah Crook (Zurich, Switzerland), Sarah Crook, Konrad Schultz, Nicola Lehbert, Gilbert Büsching, Danijel Jelusic, Stephan Keusch, Michael Wittmann, Michael Schuler, Thomas Radtke, Alexander Turk, Martin Frey, Milo Puhan, Anja Frei
Gait pattern in patients with COPD and controls during the 6-minute walk test Wai-Yan Liu (Horn, Netherlands), Wai-Yan Liu, Martijn Spruit, Jeannet Delbressine, Paul Willems, Frits Franssen, Emiel Wouters, Kenneth Meijer
The reliability and validity of the 4 metre gait speed (4MGS) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) Claire M Nolan (London, United Kingdom), Claire M. Nolan, Matthew Maddocks, Jane L. Canavan, Sarah E. Jones, Samantha S.C. Kon, Athol U. Wells, David M. Hansell, Joseph Jacobs, Paul Cullinan, Toby M. Maher, William D.-C. Man
Longitudinal validity of the five-repetition sit-to-stand in COPD Sarah Jones (Berkshire, United Kingdom), Sarah Jones, Jane Canavan, Claire Nolan, Alex Labey, Matthew Maddocks, Samantha Kon, Michael Polkey, William Man
Ultrasound assessment of quadriceps muscle in COPD patients: Functional and clinical implications Carlos Guajardo (Santiago, Chile), Carlos Guajardo, Eloisa Montt, Felipe Contreras
Repeatability and validity of the Incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) distance among adults with severe asthma Sally Majd (Leicester, United Kingdom), Sally Majd, Stacey Hewitt, Ruth Green, Peter Bradding, Sally Singh, Rachael Evans
Aerobic training decreases pulmonary inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness in a model of diet-induced obesity Rodolfo de Paula Vieira (Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil), Rodolfo de Paula Vieira, Jefferson Comin Jonco Aquino-Junior, Ana Roberta Almeida-Oliveira, BreAnne MacKenzie, Maysa Alves Rodrigues Brandão-Rangel, Manoel Carneiro Oliveira-Junior, Aurelia Aparecida Britto, Fernanda Magalhaes Arantes-Costa, Milton Arruda Martins, Nilsa Regina Damaceno-Rodrigues, Ana Paula Ligeiro de Oliveira, Dioze Guadagnini, Luiz Osorio Leiria, Mario Jose Saad