Airwaves
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung function and physical activity are not particularly related and thus exercise tests, especially walking tests, are commonly used for assessment. However, as Morgan and Singh point out in their editorial, specific walking tests measure different physiological activities. Pepin and colleagues report on the practical issue of which walking test is more responsive to bronchodilatation. The results show that the endurance shuttle walk is more responsive than the standard 6 min walking test. Morgan and Singh describe the various types of exercise tests available for assessing patients with COPD and walking tests, such as the endurance shuttle, are more useful and appropriate than the older cycling tests.
See 281 and 291
Asthma is associated with airway remodelling and also increased airway vascularity. Vascular "sprouts" have been reported, which may be newly forming airway vessels and indicators of the enhanced remodelling process. Feltis and colleagues
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
Relevant Articles
- Assessing the exercise response to a bronchodilator in COPD: time to get off your bike?
- M D L Morgan and S J Singh
Thorax 2007 62: 281-283.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Blanching the airways: steroid effects in asthma
- Alan J Knox, Karl Deacon, and Rachel Clifford
Thorax 2007 62: 283-285.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis
- J S Elborn and S C Bell
Thorax 2007 62: 288-290.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Exacerbations in cystic fibrosis · 1: Epidemiology and pathogenesis
- Christopher H Goss and Jane L Burns
Thorax 2007 62: 360-367.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Randomised study of three non-surgical treatments in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea
- Bing Lam, Kim Sam, Wendy YW Mok, Man Tat Cheung, Daniel YT Fong, Jamie CM Lam, David CL Lam, Loretta YC Yam, and Mary SM lp
Thorax 2007 62: 354-359.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Six-minute walking versus shuttle walking: responsiveness to bronchodilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Véronique Pepin, Julie Brodeur, Yves Lacasse, Julie Milot, Pierre LeBlanc, François Whittom, and François Maltais
Thorax 2007 62: 291-298.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Early detection of cystic fibrosis lung disease: multiple-breath washout versus raised volume tests
- Sooky Lum, Per Gustafsson, Henrik Ljungberg, Georg Hülskamp, Andrew Bush, Siobhán B Carr, Rosemary Castle, Ah-fong Hoo, John Price, Sarath Ranganathan, John Stroobant, Angie Wade, Colin Wallis, Hilary Wyatt, Janet Stocks on behalf of the London Cystic Fibrosis Collaboration
Thorax 2007 62: 341-347.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Effects of inhaled fluticasone on angiogenesis and vascular endothelial growth factor in asthma
- B N Feltis, D Wignarajah, D W Reid, C Ward, R Harding, and E H Walters
Thorax 2007 62: 314-319.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
