Controlled breathing and dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Dyspnea Mechanisms, Assessment and Management: A Consensus Statement

2005 • 811 citations

Ventilatory muscle strength and endurance training

1976 • 589 citations

Effects of controlled inspiratory muscle training in patients with COPD: a meta-analysis

2002 • 450 citations

Inhaled bronchodilators reduce dynamic hyperinflation during exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1996 • 413 citations

Cellular Adaptations in the Diaphragm in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1997 • 383 citations

Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2002 • 362 citations

Force reserve of the diaphragm in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1983 • 307 citations

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

1992 • 281 citations

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

1988 • 262 citations

Determinants of maximal inspiratory pressure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1986 • 243 citations

Effect of increased lung volume on perception of breathlessness, effort, and tension

1984 • 242 citations

Measuring ventilatory muscle endurance in humans as sustainable inspiratory pressure

1982 • 230 citations

Neural drive to the diaphragm in patients with severe COPD.

1997 • 221 citations

Ventilation and arterial blood gas changes induced by pursed lips breathing.

1970 • 217 citations

Abdominal Muscle Use during Breathing in Patients with Chronic Airflow Obstruction

1992 • 217 citations

Targeted Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Respiratory Muscle Function and Reduces Dyspnea in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1989 • 211 citations

Subcellular adaptation of the human diaphragm in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1999 • 204 citations

The respiratory system as an exercise limiting factor in normal trained subjects

1992 • 196 citations

The Role of Respiratory Muscles in the Hyperinflation of Bronchial Asthma^1–3

1980 • 184 citations

Respiratory Muscle Endurance Training in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2000 • 171 citations

Respiratory muscle and cardiopulmonary function during exercise in very severe COPD.

1996 • 164 citations

Postural relief of dyspnea in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1980 • 162 citations

Factors Influencing Ventilatory Muscle Recruitment in Patients with Chronic Airflow Obstruction

1990 • 160 citations

Pursed Lips Breathing Training Using Ear Oximetry

1986 • 151 citations

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

1991 • 151 citations

The Pattern of Respiratory Muscle Recruitment during Pursed-Lip Breathing

1992 • 141 citations

Discharge frequencies of parasternal intercostal and scalene motor units during breathing in normal and COPD subjects.

1996 • 139 citations

Diaphragmatic breathing reduces efficiency of breathing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1995 • 136 citations

Effects of combined inspiratory muscle and cycle ergometer training on exercise performance in patients with COPD

1994 • 129 citations

Inspiratory muscle training in chronic airflow limitation: effect on exercise performance

1997 • 128 citations

Inspiratory muscle training in chronic airflow limitation: comparison of two different training loads with a threshold device

1994 • 127 citations

Acute effects of deep diaphragmatic breathing in COPD patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency

1998 • 123 citations

Postural relief of dyspnoea in severe chronic airflow limitation: relationship to respiratory muscle strength.

1983 • 119 citations

Diaphragm Length during Tidal Breathing in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2002 • 108 citations

Effect of progressive relaxation on dyspnea and state anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1988 • 107 citations

Targeted resistive ventilatory muscle training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1988 • 104 citations

Inspiratory muscle strength and endurance in steroid-dependent asthma.

1996 • 77 citations

High- vs Low-Intensity Inspiratory Muscle Interval Training in Patients with COPD

1994 • 77 citations

Effects of Breathing Retraining in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1981 • 75 citations

Chronic obstructive lung disease: postural relief of dyspnea.

1974 • 69 citations

Respiratory muscle function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: its relationship to disability and to respiratory therapy.

1974 • 67 citations

Correlations between Dyspnea, Diaphragm and Sternomastoid Recruitment during Inspiratory Resistance Breathing in Normal Subjects

1990 • 67 citations

Effect of inspiratory muscle training with an intermediate load on inspiratory power output in COPD

1998 • 62 citations

Reliability of a commercially available threshold loading device in healthy subjects and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1996 • 62 citations

THE SPIROGRAM OF GROSS EXPIRATORY TRACHEOBRONCHIAL COLLAPSE IN EMPHYSEMA

1963 • 61 citations

Nocturnal saturation improves by target-flow inspiratory muscle training in patients with COPD.

1996 • 59 citations

Effects of abdominal and thoracic breathing on breathing pattern components in normal subjects and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1984 • 58 citations

Intermittent inspiratory muscle training induces fiber hypertrophy in rat diaphragm.

1997 • 52 citations

Ventilatory load characteristics during ventilatory muscle training.

1994 • 51 citations

THE EFFECT OF AIR FLOW AND ORAL PRESSURE ON THE MECHANICS OF BREATHING IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA AND EMPHYSEMA.

1964 • 47 citations

Decay of inspiratory muscle activity in chronic airway obstruction

1981 • 43 citations

Thoracoabdominal Motion during Chest Physiotherapy in Patients Affected by Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

1983 • 42 citations

Effects of Abdominal Breathing on Distribution of Ventilation in Obstructive Lung Disease

1975 • 36 citations

Abdominal muscle recruitment and PEEPi during bronchoconstriction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1997 • 34 citations

Clinical Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2004 • 31 citations

Low Load Inspiratory Muscle Training Increases Diaphragmatic Fiber Dimensions in Rats

1998 • 29 citations

Mouth pressures during pursed lip breathing

1995 • 22 citations

Mechanical action of the abdominal muscles

1983 • 19 citations

Diaphragmatic breathing training and walking performance in chronic airways obstruction

1982 • 15 citations

Improvement in oxygen saturation after chest physiotherapy in patients with emphysema

1989 • 15 citations

Effect of preoperative hyperinflation on static lung volumes after lung transplantation

2000 • 14 citations

The Influence of Costal and Abdominal Pressure on the Action of the Diaphragm in Normal and Emphysematous Subjects

1948 • 10 citations

Studies in emphysema: long-term results of training in diaphragmatic breathing on the course of obstructive emphysema.

1962 • 9 citations

Myofeedback Training of the Respiratory Muscles in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1987 • 9 citations

Role of diaphragm in chronic pulmonary emphysema.

1963 • 5 citations