Annual Congress Vienna 2012

Saturday, 01.09.2012
Sunday, 02.09.2012
Monday, 03.09.2012
Tuesday, 04.09.2012
Wednesday, 05.09.2012

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, abstract number.



The best abstracts in pulmonary rehabilitation

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M.A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
Characterizing metabolic abnormality and adipose tissue infiltration in skeletal muscle of COPD patients using 31P MR spectroscopy and MRI imaging
G. Coissi, G. Shields, P. Jimenez-Royo, G. Gambarota, R. Dimber, N. Hopkinson, P. Mattrews, A. Brown, M. Polkey (London, Stevenage, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Reduced mitochondrial density in the vastus lateralis muscle of COPD patients with low fat free mass
S. Giavedoni, E. Drost, R. Lakhdar, W. MacNee, R. Rabinovich (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Blunted muscle angiogenic response after exercise training in COPD patients
F. Gouzi, C. Préfaut, A. Abdellaoui, E. Roudier, P. de Rigal, N. Molinari, D. Laoudj-Chenivesse, J. Mercier, O. Birot, M. Hayot (Montpellier, Osséja, Lodève, France; Toronto, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effects of a 3-week inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on muscle remodelling in patients with emphysema
I. Heinzelmann, S. Gehlert, A. Clever, C. Wingels, B. Sczepanski, B. Wilhelm, K. Klaus (Schoenau am Koenigssee, Cologne, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Changes in fatigue index during an 8 week quadriceps resistance training programme for patients with COPD & healthy controls
S. Harrison, L. Houchen, C. Sandland, M. Menon, M. Morgan, S. Singh, M. Steiner (Coventry, Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effects of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on the time spent in active- and passive- walking in elderly patients with COPD
A. Kawagoshi, N. Kiyokawa, K. Sugawara, H. Takahashi, T. Kashiwagura, M. Homma, S. Sakata, M. Satake, T. Shioya (Akita, Kamimasushirogunn, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
The effect of post operative physical training on activity after curative surgery for non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – RCT
R. Garrod, G. Arbane, B. Valladares, C. Speed, A. Douiri, N. Hart, S. Singh, N. Hopkinson (London, Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Atherosclerosis in subjects with COPD is independently determined by the degree of airflow limitation
L. Vanfleteren, F. Franssen, M. Spruit, M. Groenen, E. Wouters (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation