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A combined pulmonary function and emphysema score prognostic index for staging in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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A novel technique for nonvolitional assessment of quadriceps muscle endurance in humans

scientific article published on 14 June 2007

A prospective study of decline in fat free mass and skeletal muscle strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

scientific article published on 13 March 2007

A randomized controlled trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition for skeletal muscle dysfunction in COPD.

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A rational approach to e-cigarettes - challenging ERS policy on tobacco harm reduction

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

A review of discharge planning for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk for readmission

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

A specific proteinase 3 activity footprint in α1-antitrypsin deficiency

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

ACE and response to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: two observational studies.

scientific article published on 08 March 2017

Abdominal muscle and quadriceps strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

scientific article published on 27 May 2005

Act now against new NHS competition regulations

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Acute Dietary Nitrate Supplementation and Exercise Performance in COPD: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomised Controlled Pilot Study

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Acute effect of oral steroids on muscle function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Acute skeletal muscle wasting in critical illness.

scientific article published in October 2013

Adjuncts for sputum clearance in COPD: clinical consensus versus actual use.

scientific article published on 29 July 2017

An Exploratory Study of Long-Term Outcome Measures in Critical Illness Survivors: Construct Validity of Physical Activity, Frailty, and Health-Related Quality of Life Measures.

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An evaluation of factors associated with completion and benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD.

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Anaemia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an insight into its prevalence and pathophysiology.

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Anemia and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a dichotomous rather than a continuous predictor

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

Angiotensin converting enzyme genotype and strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 29 April 2004

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition as an Adjunct to Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

scientific article published on June 2016

Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotype and late respiratory complications of mustard gas exposure

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Apoptosis of neurons in cardiovascular autonomic centres triggered by inducible nitric oxide synthase after death from septic shock

scientific article published in November 2003

Atelectasis and survival after bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for COPD.

scientific article published on 14 October 2010

Attitudes and access to lung volume reduction surgery for COPD: a survey by the British Thoracic Society

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Authors' reply to Reynolds

scientific article published on 2 July 2013

Bioenergetics and intermuscular fat in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-associated quadriceps weakness

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Both moderate and severe exacerbations accelerate physical activity decline in COPD patients

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

Brainstem responses can predict death and delirium in sedated patients in intensive care unit

scientific article published in August 2011

Breathlessness and skeletal muscle weakness in patients undergoing lung health screening in primary care.

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Breathlessness, physical activity and sustainability of healthcare

scientific article published in January 2015

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema: where next?

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves for patients with heterogeneous emphysema and intact interlobar fissures (the BeLieVeR-HIFi study): a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves for patients with heterogeneous emphysema and intact interlobar fissures (the BeLieVeR-HIFi trial): study design and rationale.

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Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: indications, effects and prospects.

scientific article published on March 2007

Bronchoscopic volume reduction with valve implants in patients with severe emphysema

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

CELEB trial: Comparative Effectiveness of Lung volume reduction surgery for Emphysema and Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with valve placement: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

COPD causation and workplace exposures: an assessment of agreement among expert clinical raters

journal article published in 2013

COPD in England: a comparison of expected, model-based prevalence and observed prevalence from general practice data

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Can financial incentives for improvements in healthcare quality enhance identification of COPD in primary care?

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Can health status questionnaires be used as a measure of physical activity in COPD patients?

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Caring about what happens to people with COPD.

scientific article published on 2 May 2017

Central and peripheral quadriceps fatigue in congestive heart failure

scientific article published on 13 July 2012

Child awareness of and access to cigarettes: impacts of the point-of-sale display ban in England

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Child uptake of smoking by area across the UK

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Children must be protected from the tobacco industry's marketing tactics.

scientific article published on 9 December 2013

Choking on a foreign body: a physiological study of the effectiveness of abdominal thrust manoeuvres to increase thoracic pressure

scientific article published on 12 April 2017

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in non-smokers

scientific article published in December 2009

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: consequences beyond the lung.

scientific article published on February 2012

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: diagnosis and management: summary of updated NICE guidance

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Climate change and lung health: presidential failure, professional responsibility

scientific article published on 21 April 2019

Climate change and lung health: the challenge for a new president

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Clinical predictive value of manual muscle strength testing during critical illness: an observational cohort study

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Corticospinal control of respiratory muscles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published in July 2004

Cost-effectiveness of ambulatory oxygen in improving quality of life in fibrotic lung disease: preliminary evidence from the AmbOx Trial

scientific article published on 06 February 2020

Current smoking and COVID-19 risk: results from a population symptom app in over 2.4 million people

scientific article published on 05 January 2021

Current tobacco smoking and risk from COVID-19: results from a population symptom app in over 2.4 million people

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Dance for people with chronic respiratory disease: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 13 October 2020

Defending the UK's National Health Service

scientific article published on 21 June 2012

Demonstration of a second rapidly conducting cortico-diaphragmatic pathway in humans

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Demyelinating polyneuropathy in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Depression of diaphragm motor cortex excitability during mechanical ventilation

scientific article published on 12 March 2004

Designing and implementing a COPD discharge care bundle.

scientific article published on 16 August 2011

Does a single Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation predict COPD mortality?

scientific article published on 17 July 2014

Does physical inactivity cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

scientific article published on 09 February 2010

Does symptom-limited cycle exercise cause low frequency diaphragm fatigue in patients with heart failure?

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Downregulation of the serum response factor/miR-1 axis in the quadriceps of patients with COPD.

scientific article published on 13 October 2011

Dynamic laryngeal narrowing during exercise: a mechanism for generating intrinsic PEEP in COPD?

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Effect of acute exacerbations on skeletal muscle strength and physical activity in cystic fibrosis.

scientific article published on 4 January 2012

Effect of acute hypoxia on QTc interval in respiratory patients undergoing fitness to fly tests

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Effect of ambulatory oxygen on quality of life for patients with fibrotic lung disease (AmbOx): a prospective, open-label, mixed-method, crossover randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 28 August 2018

Effect of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction on dynamic hyperinflation and exercise in emphysema

scientific article published on 3 December 2004

Effect of postoperative physical training on activity after curative surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Effect of voluntary facilitation on the diaphragmatic response to transcranial magnetic stimulation

scientific article published on 14 March 2003

Effective Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Accelerates Exercise Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Emphysema

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Effects of exhaustive incremental treadmill exercise on diaphragm and quadriceps motor potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation

scientific article published on 5 September 2003

Efficacy and safety of inhaled α1-antitrypsin in patients with severe α1-antitrypsin deficiency and frequent exacerbations of COPD

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

Elevated TNFalpha production in whole blood in patients with severe COPD: the potential link to disease severity

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Eligibility for Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Patients With COPD Identified in a UK Primary Care Setting

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

Embracing social media

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Emphysema due to smoke from a herbal asthma remedy

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Emphysema: time to say farewell to therapeutic nihilism

scientific article published on July 2014

Endobronchial Valves as a Treatment for Emphysema. Moving out of the Shadow of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

scientific article published in November 2016

Endobronchial coils for severe emphysema are effective up to 12 months following treatment: medium term and cross-over results from a randomised controlled trial

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Endobronchial coils for the treatment of severe emphysema with hyperinflation (RESET): a randomised controlled trial

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Endobronchial valves for emphysema: an individual patient-level reanalysis of randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Endobronchial valves for patients with heterogeneous emphysema and without interlobar collateral ventilation: open label treatment following the BeLieVeR-HIFi study

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Endobronchial volume reduction: a myth or a marvel?

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Evidence of mycobacterial disease in COPD patients with lung volume reduction surgery; the importance of histological assessment of specimens: a cohort study.

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Exercise response to oxygen supplementation is not associated with survival in hypoxemic patients with obstructive lung disease.

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Exercise training in interstitial lung disease: lumping or splitting?

scientific article published on 7 March 2017

Exercise-induced changes in QT interval are smaller in COPD patients and have no impact on mortality

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Exercise-induced depression of the diaphragm motor evoked potential is not affected by non-invasive ventilation

scientific article published on 23 June 2006

Failure of the broadcaster's duty of care

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Finding the missing millions - the impact of a locally enhanced service for COPD on current and projected rates of diagnosis: a population-based prevalence study using interrupted time series analysis.

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Gait differences between COPD and healthy controls: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 30 April 2024

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

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Health status assessment in routine clinical practice: the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test score in outpatients

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Healthcare worker influenza vaccination and sickness absence - an ecological study.

scientific article published in December 2017

Heterogeneity of quadriceps muscle phenotype in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Copd); implications for stratified medicine?

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Impact of a COPD discharge care bundle on readmissions following admission with acute exacerbation: interrupted time series analysis.

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Impact of banning smoking in cars with children on exposure to second-hand smoke: a natural experiment in England and Scotland

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Improving uptake and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD with lay health workers: feasibility of a clinical trial

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Increased expression of H19/miR-675 is associated with a low fat-free mass index in patients with COPD.

scientific article published on 5 January 2016

Increased skeletal muscle-specific microRNA in the blood of patients with COPD

scientific article published on June 28, 2013

Influenza vaccination for NHS staff: attitudes and uptake.

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Inhaled drugs and global warming: time to shift to dry powder inhalers

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Introduction of standardised packaging and availability of illicit cigarettes: a difference-in-difference analysis of European Union survey data 2015-2018

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

Keep out of reach of children-the case for increasing the legal age for tobacco purchase to 21

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Klotho and smoking--An interplay influencing the skeletal muscle function deficits that occur in COPD.

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Longitudinal follow-up of quadriceps strength and function in a COPD cohort after 3 years

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Lung Volume Reduction in Advanced Emphysema

scientific article published in January 2017

Lung Volume Reduction in Emphysema Improves Chest Wall Asynchrony.

scientific article published in July 2015

Lung Volume Reduction: Apex Treatments and the Ecology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Care

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Lung function indices for predicting mortality in COPD

scientific article published on January 24, 2013

Lung volume reduction eligibility in patients with COPD completing pulmonary rehabilitation: results from the UK National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme

scientific article published on 27 November 2020

Motor control of the costal and crural diaphragm--insights from transcranial magnetic stimulation in man.

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Motor cortex activation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published in December 2012

MuRF-1 and atrogin-1 protein expression and quadriceps fiber size and muscle mass in stable patients with COPD.

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

Music and dance in chronic lung disease.

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Myostatin induces autophagy in skeletal muscle in vitro.

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Neural respiratory drive as a physiological biomarker to monitor change during acute exacerbations of COPD

scientific article published on 19 May 2011

Neural respiratory drive predicts clinical deterioration and safe discharge in exacerbations of COPD

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Nicotine without smoke-putting electronic cigarettes in context

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Non-anaemic iron deficiency in COPD: a potential therapeutic target?

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) as an aid to rehabilitation in acute respiratory disease.

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Open letter to Simon Stevens to ensure that tobacco dependence treatment is provided for every smoker cared for by the NHS, as part of the long term plan

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

Oral nitrate supplementation to enhance pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: ON-EPIC a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised parallel group study

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

Our patients and our planet-holistic considerations for inhaler choice

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Patent foramen ovale is not associated with hypoxemia in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and does not impair exercise performance

scientific article published on March 2014

Pathways associated with reduced quadriceps oxidative fibres and endurance in COPD.

scientific article published on 20 December 2012

Patient experience of COPD care: outcomes from the British Lung Foundation Patient Passport

scientific article published on 03 October 2019

Patient experience of lung volume reduction procedures for emphysema: a qualitative service improvement project.

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Patterns of breathlessness and associated consulting behaviour: results of an online survey

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Phenotypic characteristics associated with reduced short physical performance battery score in COPD

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Physical activity is increased by a 12-week semiautomated telecoaching programme in patients with COPD: a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

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Please confirm that the regulations on standardised ("plain") packaging of cigarettes and tobacco products will be published soon

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Pre-operative optimisation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a narrative review

scientific article published on 25 July 2020

Predictors of exacerbations in COPD patients: the role of anaemia

scientific article published in January 2014

Progression of physical inactivity in COPD patients: the effect of time and climate conditions - a multicenter prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD.

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Pulmonary infection with Scedosporium prolificans in an immunocompetent individual.

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Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with mustard gas lung disease: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 14 February 2019

Quadriceps strength and endurance in fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Quadriceps wasting and physical inactivity in patients with COPD

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

Relationship between pulmonary exacerbations and daily physical activity in adults with cystic fibrosis.

scientific article published in December 2015

Renin–angiotensin system blockade: a novel therapeutic approach in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Respiratory disease is in the long term plan

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Respiratory health professionals call on MPs to vote to ban smoking in cars with children

scientific article published on 6 February 2014

Respiratory muscle fatigue following exercise in patients with interstitial lung disease

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

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Singing classes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial

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Singing for Lung Health-a systematic review of the literature and consensus statement

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Singing teaching as a therapy for chronic respiratory disease--a randomised controlled trial and qualitative evaluation

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Skeletal muscle adiposity is associated with physical activity, exercise capacity and fibre shift in COPD

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Smartphone-Based Physical Activity Telecoaching in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mixed-Methods Study on Patient Experiences and Lessons for Implementation

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Smoking uptake in UK children: analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure versus IC/TLC ratio as predictors of mortality in COPD.

scientific article published in September 2010

Social isolation, loneliness and physical performance in older-adults: fixed effects analyses of a cohort study

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Social media as a source of information for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published in May 2014

Standardised ("plain") packaging of cigarettes regulations must be passed before the general election

scientific article published on 29 December 2014

Standardised packaging and tobacco-industry-funded research

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Surgical approaches for lung volume reduction in emphysema.

scientific article published in April 2014

Survival after Endobronchial Valve Placement for Emphysema: A 10-Year Follow-up Study

scientific article published on August 2016

Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing - evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

The 'anatomic shunt test' in clinical practice; contemporary description of test and in-service evaluation

scientific article published on 14 October 2013

The COPD Assessment Test (CAT): short- and medium-term response to pulmonary rehabilitation.

scientific article published on 12 April 2012

The COPD assessment test (CAT): response to pulmonary rehabilitation. A multicentre, prospective study

scientific article published on 12 March 2011

The Impact of Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous Emphysema on Dynamic Hyperinflation in Patients With Severe COPD Assessed for Lung Volume Reduction.

scientific article published on 23 September 2015

The PROactive instruments to measure physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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The lay health worker-patient relationship in promoting pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in COPD: What makes it work?

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

The need for a new Tobacco Control Plan: an issue of justice

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

The neuropathology of septic shock.

scientific article published in January 2004

The prominence of e-cigarettes is a symptom of decades of failure to tackle smoking properly

scientific article published on 14 February 2019

Tobacco industry lobbying undermines public health in Asia

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Tobacco industry lobbyists and their health-care clients

scientific article published in The Lancet

Tobacco smoke and environmental injustice

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Tough at the top: must end-expiratory lung volume make way for end-inspiratory lung volume?

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

Twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure morphology can distinguish diaphragm paralysis from a diaphragm defect.

scientific article published in July 2013

Use and abuse of statistics in tobacco industry-funded research on standardised packaging

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Use of oscillatory positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) devices to augment sputum clearance in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Using laser capture microdissection to study fiber specific signaling in locomotor muscle in COPD: A pilot study

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

Validity of activity monitors in health and chronic disease: a systematic review

scientific article published on July 9, 2012

Vascular inflammation and aortic stiffness: potential mechanisms of increased vascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Vastus lateralis fiber shift is an independent predictor of mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published in August 2014

Vitamin D and skeletal muscle strength and endurance in COPD.

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

Vitamin D receptor genotypes influence quadriceps strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Volume targeted versus pressure support non-invasive ventilation in patients with super obesity and chronic respiratory failure: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published in March 2012

Walking on common ground: a cross-disciplinary scoping review on the clinical utility of digital mobility outcomes

scientific article published on 14 October 2021

Walking-related digital mobility outcomes as clinical trial endpoint measures: protocol for a scoping review

scientific article published on 19 July 2020

What comes after standardised packaging for tobacco?

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Yin Yang 1 expression and localisation in quadriceps muscle in COPD

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase is not activated in the quadriceps of patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 12 March 2012