Sally J Singh

TL;DR: In this article, the authors make 10 specific recommendations: 1) relevant organizations should provide LMIC-specific COPD management guidance; 2) patient and professional organizations must persuade policy-makers of the importance of lung function testing programs in low and middle-income countries (LMICs); 3) healthcare education and training should emphasize the early-life origins of COPD; 4) urgent action is required by governments to reduce airborne exposures, including exposures to tobacco smoke and indoor and outdoor air pollution; 5) guidance for COPD in LMICs should explicitly link across Essential Medicine

TL;DR: The results indicate AT-PR may be efficacious for adults with severe asthma but any future intervention and trial design would need further modifications to improve acceptability and retention rate.

TL;DR: Compared to controls, adults with severe asthma attain fewer daily steps and reduced sustained moderate–vigorous physical activity which are associated with worse quality of life.

TL;DR: The use of different 6-min walk distance (6MWD) reference equations probably results in different predicted 6MWD reference values, which should consider the consistency of 6-minute walk test operating procedures and at least be specific for the country/region of origin.

TL;DR: A practice endurance shuttle walk is unnecessary following performance of two incremental shuttle walk tests (ISWTs) - one practice and one test - on the same day.