BACKGROUND: Little is known about COPD patients’ compliance with physical activity
monitoring and how activity relates to disease characteristics in a multi-center setting. METHODS…

Background There is some evidence that singing lessons may be of benefit to patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is not clear how much of this benefit is …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by high morbidity and
mortality. It remains unknown which aspect of lung function carries the most prognostic …

Background: The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT) is
a simple, self-completion questionnaire developed to measure health status in patients with …

Quantification of daily physical activity is of clinical interest in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). Objective measures using activity monitors may take several days to obtain …

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage is a particularly devastating type of stroke with greater
morbidity and mortality compared with ischemic stroke and can account for half or more of …

Rationale We have previously shown that participation in a course of singing lessons was
associated with an improvement in anxiety scores and the physical component score of the …

Background and Purpose— The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is used commonly
to identify cognitive impairment (CI), but there are multiple published cut points for normal …

§ 1. General Statement of the Objects of the Committee. THE purposes for which the
Committee was appointed were twofold, viz.(1) to form as complete a catalogue as possible of …

2009; 34: 648-654). It is a self completion questionnaire that includes 8 items that address a
range of different COPD symptoms. It is Respir J scored 0-40 with a high score representing …