Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for muscle weakness in adults with advanced disease

S Jones, WDC Man, W Gao… - Cochrane database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for muscle weakness in adults with advanced disease -
Jones, S - 2016 | Cochrane Library Skip to Content Cookies Our site uses cookies to improve …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit, SJ Singh, C Garvey… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the
management of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American …

Skeletal muscle dysfunction in COPD: clinical and laboratory observations

WDC Man, P Kemp, J Moxham, MI Polkey - Clinical science, 2009 - portlandpress.com
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), although primarily a disease of the lungs,
exhibits secondary systemic manifestations. The skeletal muscles are of particular interest …

Rehabilitation following hospitalization in patients with COPD: can it reduce readmissions?

M Maddocks, SSC Kon, SJ Singh, WDC Man - Respirology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are one of the commonest
causes of emergency hospital admission and are associated with high rates of readmission …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity monitoring in COPD: compliance and associations with clinical characteristics in a multicenter study

B Waschki, MA Spruit, H Watz, PS Albert… - Respiratory …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Little is known about COPD patients' compliance with physical activity
monitoring and how activity relates to disease characteristics in a multi-center setting …

Symptoms and quadriceps fatigability after walking and cycling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

WDC Man, MGG Soliman, J Gearing… - American journal of …, 2003 - atsjournals.org
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may stop cycling due to leg
effort rather than breathlessness. However, cycling is not relevant to many patients, although …

A persistent neutrophil-associated immune signature characterizes post–COVID-19 pulmonary sequelae

PM George, A Reed, SR Desai, A Devaraj… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Interstitial lung disease and associated fibrosis occur in a proportion of individuals who have
recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection …

Growth differentiation factor‐15 is associated with muscle mass in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and promotes muscle wasting in vivo

MS Patel, J Lee, M Baz, CE Wells… - Journal of cachexia …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Loss of muscle mass is a co‐morbidity common to a range of chronic diseases
including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Several systemic features of …

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale: minimum clinically important difference in obstructive sleep apnea

S Patel, SSC Kon, CM Nolan, RE Barker… - American journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Minimum Clinically Important Difference in Obstructive Sleep
Apnea | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ATS Journals Logo Sign …

Bioelectrical impedance phase angle relates to function, disease severity and prognosis in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

M Maddocks, SSC Kon, SE Jones, JL Canavan… - Clinical nutrition, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & aims Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) provides a simple method to
assess changes in body composition. Raw BIA variables such as phase angle provide direct …