Functional performance in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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1981 • 4,685 citations

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1992 • 2,933 citations

Continuous or Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy in Hypoxemic Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

1980 • 1,956 citations

A measure of quality of life for clinical trials in chronic lung disease.

1987 • 1,692 citations

The Measurement of Dyspnea

1984 • 1,291 citations

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1976 • 864 citations

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1975 • 506 citations

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1982 • 490 citations

How should we measure function in patients with chronic heart and lung disease?

1985 • 449 citations

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1969 • 428 citations

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1994 • 336 citations

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1984 • 311 citations

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1984 • 295 citations

Respiratory Muscle Training in Chronic Airflow Limitation: A Meta-Analysis

1992 • 281 citations

The Sickness Impact Profile; Reliability of a Health Status Measure

1976 • 281 citations

Improvement in Mood, Physical Symptoms, and Function With Nortriptyline for Depression in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1992 • 279 citations

Functional status and the forward progress of merry-go-rounds: toward a coherent analytical framework.

1994 • 271 citations

Inspiratory Muscle Training with a Pressure Threshold Breathing Device in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1988 • 262 citations

Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with COPD

1985 • 259 citations

Sickness impact profile: The state of the art of a generic functional status measure

1992 • 245 citations

Relation of lung function, maximal inspiratory pressure, dyspnoea, and quality of life with exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1994 • 227 citations

Symptoms and Experiences in Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema

1983 • 218 citations

Reliability and validity of the chronic respiratory questionnaire (CRQ).

1994 • 214 citations

Quality of life in patients with chronic airflow limitation

1987 • 212 citations

Relationships between General Health Measured with the Sickness Impact Profile and Respiratory Symptoms, Physiological Measures, and Mood in Patients with Chronic Airflow Limitation

1989 • 207 citations

Functional Status and the Forward Progress of Merry-Go-Rounds

1994 • 204 citations

Bronchodilators in chronic air-flow limitation. Effects on airway function, exercise capacity, and quality of life.

1987 • 202 citations

Advances in the Measurement of Functional Status: Construction of Aggregate Indexes

1981 • 198 citations

Trends in COPD Morbidity and Mortality in the United States

1989 • 192 citations

Impact of Dyspnea and Physiologic Function on General Health Status in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1992 • 171 citations

Target-Flow Inspiratory Muscle Training during Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with COPD

1991 • 151 citations

Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing Therapy of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1983 • 145 citations

Measuring functional status in chronic lung disease: conclusions from a randomized control trial

1989 • 144 citations

The sickness impact profile: SIP68, a short generic version. First evaluation of the reliability and reproducibility

1994 • 140 citations

Validation of an interval scaling: the sickness impact profile.

1976 • 135 citations

Development and testing of the Pulmonary Functional Status and Dyspnea Questionnaire (PFSDQ).

1994 • 131 citations

Quality of life assessments in clinical trials

1991 • 130 citations

The Nottingham health profile: A useful tool for epidemiologists?

1987 • 127 citations

Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Lung Disease Seen in Family Practice

1990 • 127 citations

Respiratory Muscle Rest Using Nasal BiPAP Ventilation in Patients With Stable Severe COPD

1994 • 122 citations

Psychosocial Concomitants to Rehabilitation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1980 • 120 citations

Maximum oxygen consumption and the ADAPT quality-of-life scale.

1982 • 118 citations

The Cost and Efficacy of Home Care for Patients With Chronic Lung Disease

1988 • 117 citations

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1990 • 115 citations

Experimental evaluation of rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Short-term effects on exercise endurance and health status.

1990 • 113 citations

Psychologic and physiologic factors related to dyspnea in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1986 • 107 citations

Measurement of General Health Status of Non-oxygen- Dependent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

1992 • 104 citations

Impairment, disability and handicap in chronic respiratory illness

1989 • 103 citations

Physiological and Psychological Variables Related to Functional Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1992 • 102 citations

Value of theophylline treatment in patients handicapped by chronic obstructive lung disease.

1993 • 98 citations

Distinguishing Among Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and Emphysema

1985 • 97 citations

Portable oxygen therapy: use and benefit in hypoxaemic COPD patients on long-term oxygen therapy

1989 • 88 citations

Depression in patients with COPD.

1993 • 87 citations

Pulmonary function tests in clinical and occupational lung disease

1986 • 81 citations

Chronic respiratory illness and disability: A critical review of the psychosocial literature

1989 • 80 citations

Quality-of-life in a long-term multicentre trial in chronic nonspecific lung disease: assessment at baseline. The Dutch CNSLD Study Group

1993 • 78 citations

Disease and symptom severity, functional status, and quality of life in chronic bronchitis and emphysema (CBE)

1990 • 77 citations

Psychophysiologic aspects of dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot study.

1990 • 76 citations

Relationship of neuropsychological status to everyday functioning in healthy and chronically Ill persons

1985 • 75 citations

The adequacy of oxygenation in COPD patients undergoing long-term oxygen therapy assessed by pulse oximetry at home

1994 • 73 citations

Cost and Outcome of Care for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

1986 • 70 citations

Results of a comprehensive rehabilitation program. Physiologic and functional effects on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1980 • 66 citations

Effects of Theophylline Withdrawal in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1993 • 66 citations

Emotional influences on breathing and breathlessness

1985 • 66 citations

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1992 • 66 citations

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Socioemotional Adjustment and Life Quality

1980 • 61 citations

Measuring functional status in chronic lung disease:conclusions from a randomized control trial

1991 • 61 citations

Living with a Chronic Illness the Experience of Women with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

1988 • 56 citations

Pulmonary reflexes after human heart-lung transplantation

1991 • 54 citations

Effects of psychological well‐being, physical status, and social support on oxygen‐dependent copd patients' level of functioning

1991 • 53 citations

Measures of symptoms and life quality to predict emergent use of institutional health care resources in chronic obstructive airways disease.

1988 • 53 citations

Controlled trial of respiratory muscle training in chronic airflow limitation.

1992 • 52 citations

Inspiratory Muscle Training In Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1993 • 51 citations

Psychosocial Issues in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1986 • 47 citations

Dyspnea: Psychologic and physiologic observations

1968 • 45 citations

Effect of increasing doses of beta agonists on spirometric parameters, exercise capacity, and quality of life in patients with chronic airflow limitation.

1994 • 45 citations

Results of a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program Physiologic and Functional Effects on Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1980 • 44 citations

Nasal Cannula and Transtracheal Oxygen Delivery: A Comparison of Patient Response After 6 Months of Each Technique

1992 • 44 citations

A Structural Model of Stress, Psychosocial Resources, And Symptomatic Experience In Chronic Physical Illness

1990 • 40 citations

Validity and Reliability of a Quality-of-Life Instrument

1994 • 37 citations

Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Myth or Reality?

1986 • 37 citations

Transtracheal oxygen delivery and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1989 • 32 citations

‘Breathtaking’: the consequences of chronic respiratory disorder

1989 • 32 citations

Effects of chronic lung disease on life in general and on sexuality: perceptions of adult patients.

1982 • 30 citations

Respiratory muscle training with the incentive spirometer resistive breathing device.

1984 • 27 citations

Uncertainty in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1993 • 23 citations

Mechanism of bronchodilator effect in chronic airflow limitation.

1991 • 22 citations

Psychophysiological processes of stress in chronic physical illness: a theoretical perspective

1990 • 22 citations

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Current Concepts

1988 • 21 citations

The Poorly Coping COPD Patient: A Psychotherapeutic Perspective

1982 • 20 citations

Relationship between a Pulmonary Function Test (FEV₁) and the Adapt Quality-of-Life Scale

1983 • 17 citations

Predicting the Performance of Daily Activities of Patients with Chronic Lung Disease

1986 • 16 citations

Perceived Control in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1993 • 14 citations

Target-flow inspiratory muscle training at home and during pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients with a ventilatory limitation during exercise

1990 • 14 citations

Effect of Negative Pressure Ventilation on Ventilatory Muscle Endurance in Patients with Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1992 • 13 citations

Therapies for dyspnea relief

1993 • 10 citations

Respiratory Muscle Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1993 • 10 citations

Therapies for dyspnea relief.

1993 • 10 citations

Quality of life of COPD patients treated by long-term oxygen

1990 • 8 citations