People with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have distressing
physical and psychological symptoms, often have limited understanding of their disease …

The skeletal muscles play an essential role in life, providing the mechanical basis for
respiration and movement. Skeletal muscle dysfunction is prevalent in all stages of chronic …

Background Breathlessness is a common, distressing symptom in people with advanced
disease and a marker of deterioration. Holistic services that draw on integrated palliative …

Background: Prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is poorly
predicted by indices of air flow obstruction, because other factors that reflect the systemic …

Aim Pulmonary rehabilitation has established itself as a key management strategy in people
with chronic respiratory disease. The role of pulmonary rehabilitation has recently been …

Summary Background The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is responsive to change in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the minimum …

Background The COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) assessment test (CAT) is a
recently introduced, simple to use patient-completed quality of life instrument that contains …

Background Age-related loss of muscle, sarcopenia, is recognised as a clinical syndrome
with multiple contributing factors. International European Working Group on Sarcopenia in …

Objective To evaluate the effects of an early community based pulmonary rehabilitation
programme after hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Background Moving from sitting to standing is a common activity of daily living. The five-
repetition sit-to-stand test (5STS) is a test of lower limb function that measures the fastest …