Low-grade systemic inflammation and the response to exercise training in patients with advanced COPDMartijn A Spruit
Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven, Belgium
Chest 128:3183-90. 2005
..Therefore, the aim of the present study was to study the relationship between baseline circulating levels of inflammatory markers and the response to exercise training in clinically stable patients with COPD...
- Physical activity and hospitalization for exacerbation of COPD
Fabio Pitta
Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Chest 129:536-44. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: Patients with COPD are markedly inactive during and after hospitalization for an AE. Efforts to enhance physical activity should be among the aims of the disease management during and following the AE periods...
Acute inflammatory and anabolic systemic responses to peak and constant-work-rate exercise bout in hospitalized patients with COPDMartijn A Spruit
Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2:575-83. 2007
..To explore the acute systemic inflammatory and anabolic effects of cycling in hospital admitted patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in patients with clinically stable disease...
- Characteristics of physical activities in daily life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fabio Pitta
Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 171:972-7. 2005
..28 < r < 0.64, p < 0.05). Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are markedly inactive in daily life. Functional exercise capacity is the strongest correlate of physical activities in daily life...
- Psychosocial conditions do not affect short-term outcome of multidisciplinary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Jacob C Trappenburg
Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:1788-92. 2005
..Patients with less favorable psychologic or sociodemographic conditions can also benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation. The multidisciplinary approach of the rehabilitation program might have contributed to this improvement...
- Activity monitoring for assessment of physical activities in daily life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fabio Pitta
Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:1979-85. 2005
..Patients' estimations of time spent on physical activities in daily life disagreed with objective assessment...
- Mechanisms of improvement in exercise capacity using a rollator in patients with COPD
Vanessa S Probst
Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Chest 126:1102-7. 2004
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- Exercise training during rehabilitation of patients with COPD: a current perspective
Martijn A Spruit
Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, and Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Patient Educ Couns 52:243-8. 2004
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- Exercise capacity before and after an 8-week multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation program in lung cancer patients: a pilot study
Martijn A Spruit
Department of Program Development and Education, PD and E, Centre of Integrated Rehabilitation and Organ failure, CIRO, P O Box 4080, 6080AB Haelen, The Netherlands
Lung Cancer 52:257-60. 2006
..In fact, based on the results of the present pilot study it appears that these patients are good candidates for pulmonary rehabilitation programs...
- Hypogonadism, quadriceps weakness, and exercise intolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Monique Van Vliet
Respiratory Rehabilitation, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:1105-11. 2005
..CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to exercise intolerance, quadriceps muscle weakness is related to low circulating levels of testosterone in men with COPD...
- New modalities of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Martijn A Spruit
Department of Research Development and Education, Centre for Integrated Rehabilitation of Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands
Sports Med 37:501-18. 2007
..Moreover, future trials should study the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in elderly patients with restrictive pulmonary diseases...
- Extra-pulmonary features in COPD patients entering rehabilitation after stratification for MRC dyspnea grade
Martijn A Spruit
Department of Research, Development and Education, Centre for Integrated Rehabilitation of Organ Failure CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands
Respir Med 101:2454-63. 2007
..Therefore, MRC dyspnea scale alone does not appear to be a suitable measure to identify most patients with COPD who have to be referred for rehabilitation...
- Integration of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD
Martijn A Spruit
Centre for Integrated Rehabilitation of Organ failure (CIRO, 6085 NM Horn, Netherlands
Lancet 371:12-3. 2008
- Peripheral muscle strength training in patients with COPD
Martijn A Spruit
Chest 125:1589-90; author reply 1590. 2004
The metabolic response during resistance training and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in patients with COPD, a pilot studyMaurice J H Sillen
Department of Physiotherapy, Center for Integrated Rehabilitation of Organ Failure CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands
Respir Med 102:786-9. 2008
..Nevertheless, both modalities seem to result in an acceptable metabolic response accompanied by a clinically acceptable sensation of dyspnoea and leg fatigue...
