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| Title |
Efficacy of a whole-body vibration intervention to effect exercise tolerance and functional performance of the lower limbs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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| Published in |
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2466-12-71 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Trentham Furness, Nicole Bate, Liam Welsh, Geraldine Naughton, Christian Lorenzen |
| Abstract |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a respiratory condition characterised by dyspnoea, excessive sputum production, chronic cough, bronchitis and emphysema. Functionally, exercise tolerance is poor for people with COPD and is linked to difficulty in performing daily tasks. More specifically, exercise difficulties are due partly to dyspnoea and lower limb skeletal muscle dysfunction. The benefit of exercise that does not exacerbate the disease while improving exercise tolerance is salient. Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a mode of physical activity known to improve muscular function of the lower limbs, yet efficacy has not been investigated for a WBV intervention conducted in a home-based setting for people with COPD. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 137 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 135 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 17% |
| Researcher | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 40 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 20% |
| Sports and Recreations | 10 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Unknown | 52 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 November 2016.
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#13,372,313
of 22,687,320 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#740
of 1,893 outputs
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#156,296
of 276,871 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#7
of 16 outputs
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