PERF recommends the following selection of important articles on COPD.
Genetic variants predicting aerobic capacity response to training are also associated with skeletal muscle oxidative capacity in moderate-to-severe COPD.
Adami A, Hobbs BD, McDonald M-L, Casaburi R, Rossiter HB. Genetic variants predicting aerobic capacity response to training are also associated with skeletal muscle oxidative capacity in moderate-to-severe COPD. Physiological genomics 2018.
Effect of 12 weeks of once-daily tiotropium/olodaterol on exercise endurance during constant work-rate cycling and endurance shuttle walking in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Maltais F, O’Donnell D, Gáldiz Iturri JB, Kirsten A-M, Singh D, Hamilton A, Tetzlaff K, Zhao Y, Casaburi R. Effect of 12 weeks of once-daily tiotropium/olodaterol on exercise endurance during constant work-rate cycling and endurance shuttle walking in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease 2018; 12: 1753465818755091.
Skeletal muscle power and fatigue at the tolerable limit of ramp-incremental exercise in COPD.
Cannon DT, Coelho AC, Cao R, Cheng A, Porszasz J, Casaburi R, Rossiter HB. Skeletal muscle power and fatigue at the tolerable limit of ramp-incremental exercise in COPD. Journal of Applied Physiology 2016; 121: 1365-1373.
Critical Power: An Important Fatigue Threshold in Exercise Physiology.
Poole DC, Burnley M, Vanhatalo A, Rossiter HB, Jones AM. Critical Power: An Important Fatigue Threshold in Exercise Physiology. Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2016; 48: 2320-2334.
A novel spirometric measure identifies mild COPD unidentified by standard criteria.
Dilektasli AG, Porszasz J, Casaburi R, Stringer WW, Bhatt SP, Pak Y, Rossiter HB, Washko G, Castaldi PJ, Estepar RSJ. A novel spirometric measure identifies mild COPD unidentified by standard criteria. Chest 2016; 150: 1080-1090.
Use of exercise testing in the evaluation of interventional efficacy: an official ERS statement.
Puente-Maestu L, Palange P, Casaburi R, Laveneziana P, Maltais F, Neder JA, O’Donnell DE, Onorati P, Porszasz J, Rabinovich R. Use of exercise testing in the evaluation of interventional efficacy: an official ERS statement. European Respiratory Journal 2016; 47: 429-460.
Patient involvement in the design of a patient-centered clinical trial to promote adherence to supplemental oxygen therapy in COPD.
Holm KE, Casaburi R, Cerreta S, Gussin HA, Husbands J, Porszasz J, Prieto-Centurion V, Sandhaus RA, Sullivan JL, Walsh LJ. Patient involvement in the design of a patient-centered clinical trial to promote adherence to supplemental oxygen therapy in COPD. The Patient-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 2016; 9: 271-279.