Within the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) spectrum, lung emphysema presents, as a primarily histopathologic feature, the destruction of pulmonary parenchyma and, accordingly, an increase in the airflow ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive airway obstruction resultant from an augmented inflammatory response of the respiratory tract to noxious particles and gases. Previous reports ...

OBJECTIVE. This article presents the results of a cross-cultural reproducibility and test–retest reliability study of a Brazilian version of the Role Checklist, in a population with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Introduction: The impact of pulmonary hypertension (PH) on exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been fully elucidated. It is necessary to characterize pulmonary hemodynamics in patients ...

Within the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) spectrum, lung emphysema presents, as a primarily histopathologic feature, the destruction of pulmonary parenchyma and, accordingly, an increase in the airflow ...

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs are beneficial to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lower-extremity training is considered a fundamental component of PR. Nevertheless, the ...

Respiratory muscle weakness is observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and contributes to hypoxemia, hypercapnia, dyspnoea, nocturnal oxygen desaturation and reduced exercise performance. During ...