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Rachel Garrod

Researcher at University of Cambridge

Publications -  49
Citations -  8728

Rachel Garrod is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pulmonary rehabilitation & COPD. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 48 publications receiving 7449 citations. Previous affiliations of Rachel Garrod include Kingston University & St Thomas' Hospital.

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Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

TL;DR: The MRC dyspnoea scale is a simple and valid method of categorising patients with COPD in terms of their disability that could be used to complement FEV1 in the classification of COPD severity.
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Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient

TL;DR: Support to Section 6, Consultant Physiotherapist, Surrey PCT NW Locality and support to Sections 3 and 4, Senior Research Fellow in Physiotherapy, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust are sought.
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Randomized controlled trial of pulmonary rehabilitation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, stratified with the MRC dyspnoea scale

TL;DR: Improvement in exercise performance and health status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after an exercise programme depends on the initial degree of dyspnoea.