Outputs (34)

Respiratory muscle specific warm-up and elite swimming performance (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, E. E., McKeever, T. M., Lobb, C., Sherriff, T., Gupta, L., Hearson, G., Martin, N., Lindley, M. R., & Shaw, D. E. (2014). Respiratory muscle specific warm-up and elite swimming performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(9), https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092523

Background: Inspiratory muscle training has been shown to improve performance in elite swimmers, when used as part of routine training, but its use as a respiratory warm-up has yet to be investigated.
Aim: To determine the influence of inspiratory m... Read More about Respiratory muscle specific warm-up and elite swimming performance.

Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma (2014)
Journal Article
Wain, L. V., Odenthal-Hesse, L., Abujaber, R., Sayers, I., Beardsmore, C., Gaillard, E. A., …Hollox, E. J. (2014). Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e84192. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084192

Lung function measures are heritable, predict mortality and are relevant in diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD and asthma are diseases of the airways with major public health impacts and each have a heritable component. G... Read More about Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma.

Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of pneumonia in people with asthma (2013)
Journal Article
McKeever, T. M., Harrison, T. W., Hubbard, R., & Shaw, D. E. (2013). Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of pneumonia in people with asthma. Chest, 144(6), https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.13-0871

Background

In clinical trials, the use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk of pneumonia in people with COPD, but whether the same is true for people with asthma is not known.
Methods

With the use of primary care dat... Read More about Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of pneumonia in people with asthma.

The UK prevalence of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and its association with sex, socioeconomic status and region of residence: a population-based study (2013)
Journal Article
Donaldson, J. W., McKeever, T. M., Hall, I. P., Hubbard, R., & Fogarty, A. W. (2014). The UK prevalence of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and its association with sex, socioeconomic status and region of residence: a population-based study. Thorax, 69(2), 161-167. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203720

Background Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder of aberrant blood vessel development characterised by arteriovenous malformations. HHT is associated with significant morbidity due to complications inc... Read More about The UK prevalence of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and its association with sex, socioeconomic status and region of residence: a population-based study.