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ReviewBreathe (Sheffield, England)2024

Prevalence and prognostic importance of exercise limitation and physical inactivity in COPD.

Anouk W Vaes, Chris Burtin, Richard Casaburi, Bartolome R Celli, Rachael A Evans, Suzanne C Lareau, Linda Nici, Carolyn L Rochester, Thierry Troosters

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Review in Breathe (Sheffield, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Predictors of Acute Exacerbations in COPD: A Systematic Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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  5. [Screening of chromosome anomalies during the first trimester].Gynakologisch-geburtshilfliche Rundschau · 2005
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Anouk W VaesDepartment of Research and Development, Ciro, Horn, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4136-1553
Chris BurtinREVAL - Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED - Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Richard CasaburiRehabilitation Clinical Trials Center, Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
Bartolome R CelliPulmonary and Critical Care Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-8371
Rachael A EvansDepartment of Respiratory Science, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Suzanne C LareauUniversity of Colorado College of Nursing, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Linda NiciProvidence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA.
Carolyn L RochesterYale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Thierry TroostersDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exercise limitation and physical inactivity are separate, but related constructs. Both are commonly present in individuals with COPD, contribute to disease burden over and above the respiratory impairments, and are independently predictive of adverse outcomes. Because of this, clinicians should consider assessing these variables in their patients with COPD. Field tests of exercise performance such as the 6-min walk test and the incremental and endurance shuttle walk tests require limited additional resources, and results correlate with negative outcomes. Laboratory measures of exercise performance using a treadmill or cycle ergometer assess exercise capacity, provide prognostic information and have the advantage of explaining physiological mechanisms (and their interactions) underpinning exercise limitation. Limitations in exercise capacity (

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PMCPMC11167648

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