ERS International Congress 2015 - Poster discussion Unravelling the mechanisms of symptoms and exercise limitationas in disease

Poster discussion

Unravelling the mechanisms of symptoms and exercise limitationas in disease

Chairs

Madrid (Spain)

Montreal (QC) (Canada)

Predicting poor outcome in COPD-heart failure overlap: The role of resting echocardiography and cardiopulmonary exercise testing J. Neder(Kingston (ON), Canada)

Hyperinflation and its effects on upper and lower extremities exercise in patients with COPD and controls. A longitudinal study V. Pinto Plata(Boston, United States)

Reference equations for incremental shuttle walk test in Spanish population A. Arbillaga Etxarri(Pasai Donibane, Spain)

Effect of ventilatory inefficiency over exercise capacity in COPD patients with hyperinflation I. Caviedes Soto(Lo Barnechea, Chile)

Metronome-paced hyperventilation, CT measurements and exercise to investigate dynamic hyperinflation contrasting tiotropium versus indacaterol treatment in moderate COPD patients D. Berton(Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil)

Comparison of pulmonary function and diffusion capacity between asthmatic athletes, healthy athletes and non-athlete controls J. Stang(Oslo, Norway)

Reference equations for 6-minute walk test in Spanish population A. Arbillaga Etxarri(Pasai Donibane, Spain)

The effect of inhaled glucocorticoid on the content of Na⁺/K⁺-pumps in human skeletal muscles S. Jessen(København NV, Denmark)

Correlation of a decline in aerobic capacity with development of emphysema in patients with COPD S. Tasaka(Hirososaki, Japan)

Cerebral oxygen availability limits exercise performance of lowlanders with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) travelling to 2590m M. Furian(Zürich, Switzerland)

Exercise induced bronchoconstriction is associated with eosinophilic bronchitis in non-asthmatic elite marathon runners C. Fernandes de Carvalho(São Paulo (SP), Brazil)

Emphysema and the physiological response to incremental exercise in COPD B. Smith(New York, United States)

Relationship between exercise-related ventilatory variability and dyspnoea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A pilot study B. Dube(Montréal (QC), Canada)

Biking or climbing in COPD patients: The stair test V. Jacquemin(Rosemère (QC), Canada)

Mid-thigh cross-sectional area and lower limb muscle function in patients with lung cancer V. Coats(Québec (QC), Canada)

Tight coupling between inspiration and expiration after the respiratory compensation point J. van den Aardweg(Amsterdam (NH), Netherlands)