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Changes in physical activity during hospital admission for chronic respiratory disease: Inpatient step count does not recover (2019)
Journal Article
Orme, M. W., Harvey-Dunstan, T. C., Boral, I., Chaplin, E. J., Hussain, S. F., Morgan, M. D., …Greening, N. J. (2019). Changes in physical activity during hospital admission for chronic respiratory disease: Inpatient step count does not recover. Respirology, 24(7), 652-657. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13513

Background and objective Establishing the amount of inpatient physical activity (PA) undertaken by individuals hospitalized for chronic respiratory disease is needed to inform interventions. This observational study investigated whether PA changes... Read More about Changes in physical activity during hospital admission for chronic respiratory disease: Inpatient step count does not recover.

Rehabilitation in chronic respiratory diseases: In-hospital and post-exacerbation pulmonary rehabilitation: Peri-exacerbation pulmonary rehabilitation (2019)
Journal Article
Ibrahim, W., Harvey-Dunstan, T. C., & Greening, N. J. (2019). Rehabilitation in chronic respiratory diseases: In-hospital and post-exacerbation pulmonary rehabilitation: Peri-exacerbation pulmonary rehabilitation. Respirology, 24(9), 889-898. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13516

Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that require hospitalization are important events for patients. Functional impairment and skeletal muscle dysfunction can increase the risk of hospitalization and readmission, independent... Read More about Rehabilitation in chronic respiratory diseases: In-hospital and post-exacerbation pulmonary rehabilitation: Peri-exacerbation pulmonary rehabilitation.

The minimal important difference for the endurance shuttle walk test in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following a course of pulmonary rehabilitation (2019)
Journal Article
Zatloukal, J., Ward, S., Houchen-Wolloff, L., Harvey-Dunstan, T., & Singh, S. (2019). The minimal important difference for the endurance shuttle walk test in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following a course of pulmonary rehabilitation. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 16, https://doi.org/10.1177/1479973119853828

The endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) is frequently used as an outcome measure for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). The minimal important difference (MID) for the ESWT after a course of rehabilitation has not been conclusively confirmed in the literat... Read More about The minimal important difference for the endurance shuttle walk test in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following a course of pulmonary rehabilitation.