List of works by Thierry Troosters

"Take the active option" to support Healthy Lungs for Life

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4th Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Meeting (PAAM)

scientific article (publication date: November 2016)

A Mobile Phone App to Stimulate Daily Physical Activity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Development, Feasibility, and Pilot Studies

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ACTIVATE: the effect of aclidinium/formoterol on hyperinflation, exercise capacity, and physical activity in patients with COPD

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Action Plan to enhance self-management and early detection of exacerbations in COPD patients; a multicenter RCT

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Activity monitoring for assessment of physical activities in daily life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Acute inflammatory and anabolic systemic responses to peak and constant-work-rate exercise bout in hospitalized patients with COPD.

scientific article published on January 2007

Adherence to the therapeutic regimen in heart, lung, and heart-lung transplant recipients

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Airways resistance and specific conductance for the diagnosis of obstructive airways diseases

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement on pulmonary rehabilitation

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An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Research questions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on April 2015

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD.

scientific article published on April 2015

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: update on limb muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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An official European Respiratory Society statement on physical activity in COPD.

scientific article published on 30 October 2014

An official European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society technical standard: field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease

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An official systematic review of the European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society: measurement properties of field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease

scientific article published on 30 October 2014

Assessing the Impact of Tiotropium on Lung Function and Physical Activity in GOLD Stage II COPD Patients who are Naïve to Maintenance Respiratory Therapy: A Study Protocol

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Automated Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests in Adults with Respiratory Complaints

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

Behaviour-change intervention in a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled COPD study: methodological considerations and implementation

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

COPD as a lung disease with systemic consequences--clinical impact, mechanisms, and potential for early intervention

scientific article published on August 2008

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

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Characteristics of physical activities in daily life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 21 January 2005

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart failure: two muscle diseases?

scientific article published in May 2004

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients' experience with pulmonary rehabilitation: a systematic review of qualitative research

scientific article published on August 2013

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: exercise training on the edge.

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Correction: Physical Activity Counselling during Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with COPD: A Randomised Controlled Trial

scientific article published on February 2016

Daily physical activity in subjects with newly diagnosed COPD.

scientific article published on 20 April 2013

Defining Modern Pulmonary Rehabilitation. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report

scientific article published in 2021

Depression symptoms reduce physical activity in COPD patients: a prospective multicenter study

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Determinants and outcomes of physical activity in patients with COPD: a systematic review

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Development of a syllabus for postgraduate respiratory physiotherapy education: the Respiratory Physiotherapy HERMES project

scientific article published in May 2015

Dyspnea perception in COPD: association between anxiety, dyspnea-related fear, and dyspnea in a pulmonary rehabilitation program

scientific article published on 14 April 2011

Dyspnea-related anxiety: The Dutch version of the Breathlessness Beliefs Questionnaire

scientific article published on 20 December 2010

Early exercise in critically ill patients enhances short-term functional recovery.

scientific article published in September 2009

Effect of "add-on" interventions on exercise training in individuals with COPD: a systematic review

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Effect of Bronchodilation, Exercise Training, and Behavior Modification on Symptoms and Physical Activity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Effect of an action plan with ongoing support by a case manager on exacerbation-related outcome in patients with COPD: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

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Effectiveness of exercise training in patients with COPD: the role of muscle fatigue

scientific article published in December 2011

Effects of N-acetylcysteine on outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Bronchitis Randomized on NAC Cost-Utility Study, BRONCUS): a randomised placebo-controlled trial

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Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with restrictive lung diseases

scientific article published on 26 October 2009

Effects of whole body vibration training on cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength in older individuals (a 1-year randomised controlled trial).

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Efficacy of an mHealth intervention to stimulate physical activity in COPD patients after pulmonary rehabilitation

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Enhancing exercise tolerance and physical activity in COPD with combined pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions: PHYSACTO randomised, placebo-controlled study design

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Exercise training during rehabilitation of patients with COPD: a current perspective

scientific article published on March 2004

Exercise training to improve exercise capacity and quality of life in people with non-malignant dust-related respiratory diseases

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Exercise training to improve exercise capacity and quality of life in people with non-malignant dust-related respiratory diseases

scientific article (published 2011-10-05)

Functional recovery of diaphragm paralysis: a long-term follow-up study.

scientific article published on 13 February 2008

Gene expression profiling in vastus lateralis muscle during an acute exacerbation of COPD.

scientific article published on 23 March 2010

Greater diaphragm fatigability in individuals with recurrent low back pain

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High-intensity interval training evokes larger serum BDNF levels compared with intense continuous exercise.

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

How to assess physical activity? How to assess physical fitness?

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Impact of exacerbations of cystic fibrosis on muscle strength

scientific article published on 19 April 2013

Impaired postural control reduces sit-to-stand-to-sit performance in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Improving physical activity in COPD: towards a new paradigm

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Increasing implementation and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation: key messages from the new ATS/ERS policy statement

scientific article published in May 2016

Interaction between Physical Activity and Smoking on Lung, Muscle, and Bone in Mice.

scientific article published on 8 October 2015

Level of daily physical activity in individuals with COPD compared with healthy controls

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Low-grade systemic inflammation and the response to exercise training in patients with advanced COPD.

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Mechanisms of improvement in exercise capacity using a rollator in patients with COPD.

scientific article published in October 2004

Modelling the dynamics of expiratory airflow to describe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Moderate intense physical activity depends on selected Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) cut-off and type of data analysis

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Non-linear parameters of specific resistance loops to characterise obstructive airways diseases

scientific article published on 9 January 2017

O02 - Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in young athletes

scientific article published on 14 March 2014

Perceptions of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Their Physiotherapists Regarding the Use of an eHealth Intervention.

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Peripheral muscle abnormalities in cystic fibrosis: Etiology, clinical implications and response to therapeutic interventions

scientific article published on 2 March 2017

Peripheral muscle strength training in patients with COPD.

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Physical Activity Characteristics across GOLD Quadrants Depend on the Questionnaire Used

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Physical Activity Counselling during Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with COPD: A Randomised Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Physical Activity of Patients with COPD from Regions with Different Climatic Variations

scientific article published on 7 April 2017

Physical Inactivity as a Missing Link in Understanding the Progression of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

scientific article published in August 2015

Physical activity in daily life 1 year after lung transplantation

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Physical inactivity in patients with COPD, a controlled multi-center pilot-study

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Physical inactivity in patients with COPD: the next step is … action.

scientific article published in December 2013

Physiological responses during downhill walking: A new exercise modality for subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Potential consequences for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients who do not get the recommended minimum daily amount of physical activity.

scientific article published in July 2006

Principles of rehabilitation and reactivation

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Proprioceptive changes impair balance control in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Psychosocial conditions do not affect short-term outcome of multidisciplinary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published in September 2005

Pulmonary rehabilitation and cardiovascular disease

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Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article (publication date: 5 October 2011)

Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Pulmonary rehabilitation: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.

scientific article published on May 2009

Pulmonary rehabilitation: timing, location, and duration

scientific article published on 12 April 2014

Quality indicators for in-hospital management of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results of an international Delphi study

scientific article published on 21 June 2012

Recovery of upper limb function after axillary dissection

scientific article published in August 2003

Respiratory rehabilitation after acute exacerbation of COPD may reduce risk for readmission and mortality -- a systematic review

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Risk factors and comorbidities in the preclinical stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published in January 2014

Short and long-term effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in interstitial lung diseases: a randomised controlled trial

academic article published on September 2018

Should European Respiratory Society meetings come with a health warning?

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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

Standardizing the analysis of physical activity in patients with COPD following a pulmonary rehabilitation program

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Survival after pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD: impact of functional exercise capacity and its changes

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Targeting the COPD exacerbation

scientific article published on June 2008

The 6-min walk test in patients with COPD: walk this way!

scientific article published on 18 September 2014

The Minimal Important Difference in Physical Activity in Patients with COPD

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The PROactive innovative conceptual framework on physical activity

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

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The assessment of inspiratory muscle fatigue in healthy individuals: a systematic review

scientific article published on 27 December 2012

The effects of a physical activity counseling program after an exacerbation in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a randomized controlled pilot study

scientific article published on 4 November 2015

The influence of comorbidities on outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation programs in patients with COPD: a systematic review

scientific article published on 26 December 2013

The minimal important difference of the pulmonary functional status and dyspnea questionnaire in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 25 May 2013

The past, present and future of pulmonary rehabilitation

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

The role of physical activity in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation

scientific article published on 4 February 2019

Tiotropium in patients with moderate COPD naive to maintenance therapy: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

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Towards tailoring of self-management for patients with chronic heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis

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Two distinct chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotypes are associated with high risk of mortality

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Unexpected improvements of lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

Use of exercise testing in the evaluation of interventional efficacy: an official ERS statement

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Using dynamics of forced expiration to identify COPD where conventional criteria for the FEV₁ /FVC ratio do not match.

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Validity and reliability of strain gauge measurement of volitional quadriceps force in patients with COPD.

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

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

scientific article published on 9 July 2012

Validity of physical activity monitors during daily life in patients with COPD

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Validity of six activity monitors in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a comparison with indirect calorimetry

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Vitamin D supplementation during rehabilitation in COPD: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial

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