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Physical activity is the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with COPD: a prospective cohort study.

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In this paper, the authors determined the prognostic value of objectively measured physical activity in comparison with established predictors of mortality and evaluated the prognosis value of noninvasive assessments of cardiovascular status, biomarkers of systemic inflammation, and adipokines.
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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 733 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Prospective cohort study & Cohort.

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Self-reported daily walking time in COPD: relationship with relevant clinical and functional characteristics

TL;DR: Lower self-reported walking times are related to worse markers of disease severity in COPD, as determined by pooled analysis on data from four observational studies.
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Walking on common ground: a cross-disciplinary scoping review on the clinical utility of digital mobility outcomes.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review maps existing evidence on the clinical utility of digital mobility outcomes (DMOs) and identifies commonalities across traditional disciplinary divides, identifying commonalities between traditional disciplinary divide.
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Physical activity and its effect on forced expiratory volume.

TL;DR: Improve in pulmonary functions was noticed as a result of physical activity in young healthy adults after aerobic exercise and in group I students.
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Reasons Persons with COPD Do Not Walk and Relationship with Daily Step Count

TL;DR: The presence of COPD-related reasons and lower motivation and confidence are associated with lower daily step count, and subjects who were the most motivated and confident walked significantly more than those who are the least motivated and confidence.
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Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows

TL;DR: Assessing the total lung capacity is indispensable in establishing a restrictive ventilatory defect or in diagnosing abnormal lung distensibility, as may occur in patients …
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The Body-Mass Index, Airflow Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise Capacity Index in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

TL;DR: The BODE index, a simple multidimensional grading system, is better than the FEV1 at predicting the risk of death from any cause and from respiratory causes among patients with COPD.
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Salmeterol and fluticasone propionate and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

TL;DR: The reduction in death from all causes among patients with COPD in the combination-therapy group did not reach the predetermined level of statistical significance, and there were significant benefits in all other outcomes among these patients.
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