Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 1005-1011 , July 2010

Physical inactivity in patients with COPD, a controlled multi-center pilot-study

  • Thierry Troosters

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
    • Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. UZ Gasthuisberg, Respiratory Division, Herestraat 49, B3000 Leuven, Belgium.
    • TT and DL are (post)doctoral fellows of the Research Foundation Flanders. Grants: This study was funded through an independent research grant from Pfizer Inc (New York, NY) in collaboration with BodyMedia Inc (Pittsburgh, PA).
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  • Frank Sciurba

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • Salvatore Battaglia

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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  • Daniel Langer

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
    • Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • TT and DL are (post)doctoral fellows of the Research Foundation Flanders. Grants: This study was funded through an independent research grant from Pfizer Inc (New York, NY) in collaboration with BodyMedia Inc (Pittsburgh, PA).
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  • Srinivas Rao Valluri

      Affiliations

    • Specialty Care Business Unit, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
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  • Lavinia Martino

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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  • Roberto Benzo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • David Andre

      Affiliations

    • BodyMedia Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Idelle Weisman

      Affiliations

    • Medical Affairs- Respiratory, Global Primary Care Business Unit, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
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  • Marc Decramer

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
    • Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Received 8 July 2009 ,Accepted 15 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.01.012

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 1005-1011 , July 2010

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