💭What is the impact of using different criteria to classify patients’ functional capacity?
✅ Using 80% of predicted value or healthy population's 10th percentile shows most consistent results for detecting impairments.
🔗 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
💭Can 1-to-1 coaching boost physical activity in #COPD? Our systematic review say YES!
✅+800 steps/day vs. usual care
🔑 Best results with goal-setting + remote coaching (12 wks)🛡️86% adherence, zero safety risks⚠️ But limited impact on mood/QoL scores🔗pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40673868/
🏅 Proud to conclude the @EuroRespSoc Pulmonary Rehab Course @uaveiro!
Featured latest treatment guidelines, innovative tools & international expertise. Grateful to our amazing speakers, attendees, Lab3R and @essua for making it unforgettable.
#PulmonaryRehabilitation#RespPhysio
#respisbest@ERSAssembly1
🌟 Great day at the ERS2025 #pulmrehab course at Aveiro, Portugal organised superbly by @AldaMar27171609 & her brilliant team
🌟 hotel is something else - keeping the Brits happy with jugs of milk for their tea 😁 👇🥰
#happinessis
What a honour to have such a wonderful Faculty and group of participants at #ERS pulmonary rehabilitation course at Univ Aveiro pushing PR forward! Thanks to all, to the ERS, assemblies 1 & 9 and #lab3r amazing team for all your support!
We had a very successful first day at the pulmonary rehabilitation course yesterday!
This course offers hands-on workshops, discussions and more to provide the latest insights into pulmonary rehabilitation.
Learn more about future ERS Courses: bit.ly/3SyKAUV
🌬️ 15 YEARS of Lab3R! 🌬️
To the patients who inspire us, the families who stand by them, and the team who never stops innovating—THANK YOU. Together, we’re making every breath count. 💙
🔍Which bronchial hygiene techniques are used inacute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)? What factors influence their choice?🤔A variety of techniques wasidentified worldwide. Severity of dyspnoea and access to resources influencethe choice of techniques. 🔗 publications.ersnet.org/content/errev/…
🤔What are the priorities for chronic cough? A Canadianstudy identified the top 10, including:
🔬Develop new treatments
🩻Improve diagnostic tests
🗨️ Raising public awareness
💡These will guide research regarding the care people with chronic cough.🔗publications.ersnet.org/content/erjor/…
🫁 How can self-management improve care in bronchiectasis?
This latest review explores airway clearance, rehab & other patient-led interventions. Widely recommended, but still many questions remain.
🚀 Better tools, better research = better care
doi.org/10.1183/160006…
💭Does inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in critically ill patients improve physical function? 🤔 Our study showed that the effect of IMT still unclear. More research is needed. Improving post-ICU rehabilitation is crucial! 🔗pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39924923/
💭 Can home-based respiratory rehabilitation improve recovery from COPD exacerbations without hospitalization? 💡 A 3-week program proved safe, meaningful, and more effective than medication alone, improving symptoms, functionality, and health status.
🔗thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…
📖New Manual on Adapted Physical Activity! 🫁 Developed by Lab3R & the Portuguese Directorate-General of Health, this guide offers: ✅ Strategies for adapting physical activity for chronic respiratory disease ✅ Safety tips ✅ Evidence-based insights
🔗dgs.pt/programa-nacio…
📢 Registrations are now open for the @EuroRespSoc Pulmonary Rehabilitation Course! 📢 Our lab is thrilled to host this event next June. 🎉Don't miss out! Register here 👉 ersnet.org/events/pulmona…
Can PR improve cough-related quality of life (CR-QoL)?💭 31% of participants showed clinically meaningful gains in CR-QoL after PR. Biggest responders: those with low CR-QoL (x11) or high disease impact (x4). Identifying these traits = better results! 🔗publications.ersnet.org/content/erjor/…
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