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

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"The ABC of GOLD A-B-C-D".

scientific article published in November 2013

A new perspective on COPD exacerbations: monitoring impact by measuring physical, psychological and social resilience

scientific article published in April 2016

A qualitative assessment of COPD patients' experiences of pulmonary rehabilitation and guidance by healthcare professionals.

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

A randomized clinical trial investigating the efficacy of targeted nutrition as adjunct to exercise training in COPD.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Age-graded reductions in quadriceps muscle strength and peak aerobic capacity in COPD ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Key Concepts and Advances in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

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

scientific article

Anemia is Associated with Bone Mineral Density in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ⬇️

scientific article published on December 28, 2012

Antagonistic implications of sarcopenia and abdominal obesity on physical performance in COPD.

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Arm mechanical efficiency and arm exercise capacity are relatively preserved in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on October 2002

Arterial stiffness in patients with COPD: the role of systemic inflammation and the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation.

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Assessment of Burden of COPD (ABC) tool: perception versus evidence

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Association of plasma sRAGE, but not esRAGE with lung function impairment in COPD.

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Attitudes of healthcare professionals providing pulmonary rehabilitation toward partnership in care.

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

Breathe journal club: virtually meet the experts

scientific article published on March 2017

Burden of COPD in patients treated in different care settings in the Netherlands

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COPD and exercise: does it make a difference?

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COPD management: need for more consensus

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COPD patient education and support - Achieving patient-centredness

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

COPD stands for complex obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 06 June 2018

Case Report: Pulmonary metastases of malignant meningioma

scientific article published on 21 October 2013

Changes in physical activity and all-cause mortality in COPD.

scientific article published on 25 July 2014

Changing the default to promote influenza vaccination among health care workers

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Characteristics and determinants of endurance cycle ergometry and six-minute walk distance in patients with COPD.

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Shifting the Paradigm to the Vasculature

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Clinical highlights from the 2016 European Respiratory Society International Congress.

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Clusters of Comorbidities Based on Validated Objective Measurements and Systemic Inflammation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Cognitive functioning in obstructive lung disease: results from the United Kingdom biobank

scientific article published in March 2014

Cognitive impairment and clinical characteristics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

scientific article

Comprehensive Lung Function Assessment Does not Allow to Infer Response to Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with COPD

Contribution of individual COPD assessment test (CAT) items to CAT total score and effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on CAT scores

scientific article published on 30 October 2018

Coping styles in patients with COPD before and after pulmonary rehabilitation ⬇️

scientific article published on March 29, 2013

Copper-Heparin Inhalation Therapy To Repair Emphysema: A Scientific Rationale

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Correlations between disease-specific and generic health status questionnaires in patients with advanced COPD: a one-year observational study

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Determinants of 1-year changes in disease-specific health status in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A 1-year observational study

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Determinants of exercise-induced oxygen desaturation including pulmonary emphysema in COPD: Results from the ECLIPSE study

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Determinants of functional, peak and endurance exercise capacity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 29 March 2018

Determinants of polypharmacy and compliance with GOLD guidelines in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 26 September 2011

Differences in change in coping styles between good responders, moderate responders and non-responders to pulmonary rehabilitation.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Differential response to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: multidimensional profiling

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Disease-Specific Comorbidity Clusters in COPD and Accelerated Aging.

scientific article published on 14 April 2019

ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the General Pneumology Assembly

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

ERS statement on standardisation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic lung diseases

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Echocardiographic abnormalities and their impact on health status in patients with COPD referred for pulmonary rehabilitation

scientific article published on 21 December 2016

Effect of an Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program on Exercise Tolerance and Asthma Control in Obese Asthma Patients.

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Effect of ‘activity monitor-based’ counseling on physical activity and health-related outcomes in patients with chronic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on 03 July 2013

Effects of Non-Invasive Ventilation Combined with Oxygen Supplementation on Exercise Performance in COPD Patients with Static Lung Hyperinflation and Exercise-Induced Oxygen Desaturation: A Single Blind, Randomized Cross-Over Trial

scientific article published on 18 November 2019

Effects of a comprehensive, inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation programme in a cachectic patient with very severe COPD and chronic respiratory failure

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Effects of body mass index on task-related oxygen uptake and dyspnea during activities of daily life in COPD

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Effects of obesity on weight-bearing versus weight-supported exercise testing in patients with COPD.

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Effects of whole-body exercise training on body composition and functional capacity in normal-weight patients with COPD.

scientific article published in June 2004

Efficacy of lower-limb muscle training modalities in severely dyspnoeic individuals with COPD and quadriceps muscle weakness: response from the authors

scientific article published on 13 June 2014

Efficacy of lower-limb muscle training modalities in severely dyspnoeic individuals with COPD and quadriceps muscle weakness: results from the DICES trial

scientific article published on 07 January 2014

Efficacy of walking aids on self-paced outdoor walking in individuals with COPD: A randomized cross-over trial

scientific article published on 5 July 2015

Endothelial function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review of studies using flow mediated dilatation

scientific article

Erratum to: Impaired health status and care dependency in patients with advanced COPD or chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 3 April 2012

European Respiratory Society International Congress 2017: highlights from the Clinical Assembly.

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

European Respiratory Society International Congress, Paris, 2018: highlights from the Clinical Assembly

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Evaluation of body composition in COPD patients using multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis

scientific article published on 30 September 2016

Exercise training in pulmonary rehabilitation.

scientific article published on 12 April 2014

Exercise training restores uncoupling protein-3 content in limb muscles of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article

Exercise-induced oxygen desaturation in COPD patients without resting hypoxemia

scientific article published on 9 October 2013

External Validation Of The Updated ADO Score In COPD Patients From The Birmingham COPD Cohort

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

Frequency and Relevance of Ischemic Electrocardiographic Findings in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 December 2011

GI Symptoms in Patients With COPD

scientific article published on 01 June 2014

Generic and Respiratory-Specific Quality of Life in Non-Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

scientific article published on 09 December 2020

Greater whole-body myofibrillar protein breakdown in cachectic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Health Status and Morbidities in Resident Relatives of Patients With COPD.

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Heterogeneity in clinical characteristics and co-morbidities in dyspneic individuals with COPD GOLD D: Findings of the DICES trial ⬇️

scientific article published on May 22, 2013

How Do Dual Long-Acting Bronchodilators Prevent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

scientific article published on 6 December 2016

Impact of cardiovascular comorbidities on COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and its responsiveness to pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with moderate to very severe COPD: protocol of the Chance study.

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

Impact of exacerbations on adherence and outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

Impact of symptoms of anxiety and depression on COPD Assessment Test scores

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

Impaired health status and care dependency in patients with advanced COPD or chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 27 March 2011

Inaccuracy of estimating peak work rate from six-minute walk distance in patients with COPD.

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

Increased Severity and Mortality of CAP in COPD: Results from the German Competence Network, CAPNETZ.

scientific article published on 26 March 2015

Increased postabsorptive and exercise-induced whole-body glucose production in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ⬇️

scientific article published on 05 November 2010

Informal caregivers of patients with COPD: Home Sweet Home?

scientific article (publication date: September 2015)

Inhaled corticosteroids in COPD: friend or foe?

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Limb muscle dysfunction in COPD: effects of muscle wasting and exercise training

scientific article published in January 2005

Looking into the eye of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an opportunity for better microvascular profiling of these complex patients

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Low physical functioning and impaired performance of activities of daily life in COVID-19 patients who survived the hospitalisation

scientific article published on 06 August 2020

Lower-limb muscle function is a determinant of exercise tolerance after lung resection surgery in patients with lung cancer.

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

Lung Function Abnormalities in Smokers with Ischemic Heart Disease

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease beyond the lungs

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Metabolic and structural changes in lower-limb skeletal muscle following neuromuscular electrical stimulation: a systematic review

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Metabolic load during strength training or NMES in individuals with COPD: results from the DICES trial

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New Normative Values for Handgrip Strength: Results From the UK Biobank ⬇️

scientific article published on August 16, 2013

New insights in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and comorbidity

scientific article published on 01 May 2015

New reference values for body composition by bioelectrical impedance analysis in the general population: results from the UK Biobank

scientific article published on 20 April 2014

Normal Weight but Low Muscle Mass and Abdominally Obese: Implications for the Cardiometabolic Risk Profile in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Obesity, airflow limitation, and respiratory symptoms: does it take three to tango? ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Objectively identified comorbidities in COPD: impact on pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes

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One-year change in health status and subsequent outcomes in COPD.

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

Optimizing health in chronic lung diseases: What did we learn from the experts in pulmonary rehabilitation?

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Overweight and obesity are risk factors for COPD misdiagnosis and overtreatment

scientific article published on 01 December 2014

Oxygen Uptake, Ventilation, and Symptoms During Low-Frequency Versus High-Frequency NMES in COPD: A Pilot Study

scholarly article by Maurice J. H. Sillen et al published 16 November 2010 in Lung

Peripheral Artery Disease and Its Clinical Relevance in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the COPD and Systemic Consequences-Comorbidities Network Study

scientific article published on 17 August 2016

Persistent symptoms 3 months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection: the post-COVID-19 syndrome?

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Personalised pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD.

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Plasma advanced glycation end-products and skin autofluorescence are increased in COPD.

scientific article published on 3 May 2013

Poor agreement between chart-based and objectively identified comorbidities of COPD.

scientific article published on 4 September 2015

Preliminary study on the assessment of visceral adipose tissue using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 04 October 2016

Presence of brain pathology in deceased subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 31 May 2015

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in COPD patients and its consequences

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Prognostic value of variables derived from the six-minute walk test in patients with COPD: Results from the ECLIPSE study

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Pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD during and after an exacerbation-related hospitalisation: back to the future?

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Pulmonary rehabilitation in Australia and New Zealand: From guidelines to personalized treatment.

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

Redefining Cut-Points for High Symptom Burden of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Classification in 18,577 Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

scientific article published in December 2017

Rehabilitation and palliative care in lung fibrosis

scientific article published on August 2009

Rehabilitation in chronic respiratory diseases: Live your life to the max

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Reply: Lung Function Abnormalities in Smokers with Ischemic Heart Disease

scientific article published in June 2017

Reproducibility and Validity of the 6-Minute Walk Test Using the Gait Real-Time Analysis Interactive Lab in Patients with COPD and Healthy Elderly

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Responsiveness and MCID Estimates for CAT, CCQ, and HADS in Patients With COPD Undergoing Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Prospective Analysis

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Risk stratification for short-term mortality at hospital admission for acute exacerbations of COPD

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Sarcopenic Obesity, Functional Outcomes, and Systemic Inflammation in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scientific article published on 5 May 2016

Should resistance training be targeted to a specific subgroup of patients with non-small cell lung cancer? - Reply.

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Similarities in skeletal muscle strength and exercise capacity between renal transplant and hemodialysis patients

scientific article published in August 2005

Six-minute walk distance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Which reference equations should we use?

scientific article published on 9 March 2015

Spatiotemporal gait characteristics in patients with COPD during the Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab-based 6-minute walk test

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Stability of Blood Eosinophils in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and in Control Subjects, and the Impact of Sex, Age, Smoking, and Baseline Counts

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

Striking Similarities in Systemic Factors Contributing to Decreased Exercise Capacity in Patients With Severe Chronic Heart Failure or COPD

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Survival and physical activity in COPD: a giant leap forward!

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Tailoring the approach to multimorbidity in adults with respiratory disease: the NICE guideline

scientific article published on 8 February 2017

The 2014 Updated GOLD Strategy: A Comparison of the Various Scenarios.

scientific article published on 25 September 2014

The COgnitive-Pulmonary Disease (COgnitive-PD) study: protocol of a longitudinal observational comparative study on neuropsychological functioning of patients with COPD

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The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Efficacy of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients With COPD.

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

The Relationship between Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, Hippocampal Volume and Cognitive Functioning in Patients with COPD: An MRI Study

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

The physical, mental, and social impact of COPD in a population-based sample: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

scholarly article by Frits M E Franssen et al published 10 August 2018 in NPJ primary care respiratory medicine

The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Maastricht, the Netherlands ⬇️

scientific article published on February 19, 2012

The relationship between coping styles and clinical outcomes in patients with COPD entering pulmonary rehabilitation

scientific article published on June 2013

The respiratory physiome: Clustering based on a comprehensive lung function assessment in patients with COPD

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

The stability of the ADO score among UK COPD patients from The Health Improvement Network

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

The superexacerbator phenotype in patients with COPD: a descriptive analysis.

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The use of regression equations to estimate peak work rate in people with COPD -reply from the authors

scientific article published on 28 December 2012

Use of high-dose intermittent systemic glucocorticoids and the risk of fracture in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

scientific article published on 17 February 2018

Various Mechanistic Pathways Representing the Aging Process Are Altered in COPD.

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Vitamin K deficiency: the linking pin between COPD and cardiovascular diseases?

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What is the impact of impaired left ventricular ejection fraction in COPD after adjusting for confounders?

scientific article published on 11 October 2016

What to do before pulmonary rehabilitation to improve adherence? ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Withdrawal of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A European Respiratory Society Guideline

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

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