Clinical Year in review

Year in review
Chairs: I. Vogiatzis (Newcastle upon tyne (Tyne and Wear), United Kingdom), M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands)
Aims: to explain the value of respiratory muscle training as an adjunct therapeutic modality in pulmonary rehabilitation and secondary prevention of chronic lung disorders; to describe recent advances in methods to diagnose abnormal respiratory mechanics and to phenotype and assess treatment efficacy in respiratory disease patients; to identify the value of new instruments to capture patients’ perception of physical activity and strategies that promote an active lifestyle in patients with COPD; to explain the necessity of standardising the execution and data reporting of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with chronic lung conditions; to contrast what patients with chronic lung disorders report about their experiences of undertaking cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Value of respiratory muscle conditioning in respiratory rehabilitation for patients with cystic fibrosis and COPD D. Langer (Leuven, Belgium)
ERS Statement on respiratory mechanics and muscle testing at rest and during exercise in chronic lung disorders S. Vergès (Grenoble, France)
Exercise-based interventions to prevent physical deconditioning in patients with chronic lung disorders V. Cavalheri (Perth (WA), Australia)
ERS Statement on standardisation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in chronic lung diseases T. Radtke (Zürich, Switzerland)