An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: update on limb muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, SNA Hussain, W Janssens, MI Polkey… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Background: Limb muscle dysfunction is prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and it has important clinical implications, such as reduced exercise tolerance, …

ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing at rest and during exercise

…, JA Neder, D O'Donnell, MI Polkey… - European …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Assessing respiratory mechanics and muscle function is critical for both clinical practice and
research purposes. Several methodological developments over the past two decades have …

Exercise-induced respiratory muscle fatigue: implications for performance

LM Romer, MI Polkey - Journal of applied physiology, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
… 42 Hart N, Nickol AH, Cramer D, Ward SP, Lofaso F, Pride NB, Moxham J, Polkey MI. Effect
of severe isolated unilateral and bilateral diaphragm weakness on exercise performance. Am …

Quadriceps strength predicts mortality in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, R Porcher, EJ Cetti, AJ Moore, J Moxham, MI Polkey - Thorax, 2007 - thorax.bmj.com
… Michael I Polkey1 … Man WD, Moxham J, Polkey MI. Magnetic stimulation for the
measurement of respiratory and skeletal muscle function. Eur Respir J2004;24:846–60. …

The prevalence of quadriceps weakness in COPD and the relationship with disease severity

…, A Schols, J Moxham, MI Polkey… - European …, 2010 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Quadriceps strength relates to exercise capacity and prognosis in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). We wanted to quantify the prevalence of quadriceps weakness in …

An official European Respiratory Society statement on physical activity in COPD

…, T Troosters, AW Vaes, MA Puhan, M Jehn, MI Polkey… - 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… Support statement: Michael Polkey’s contribution to this work was part funded by the NIHR
Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation …

[HTML][HTML] Minimum clinically important difference for the COPD Assessment Test: a prospective analysis

…, MJ Dickson, BM Haselden, MI Polkey… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is responsive to change in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the minimum clinically important …

Effect of home noninvasive ventilation with oxygen therapy vs oxygen therapy alone on hospital readmission or death after an acute COPD exacerbation: a …

…, I Smith, JR Stradling, JA Wedzicha, MI Polkey… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
… Dr Polkey reported receiving personal fees from Philips Respironics for serving as a consultant
that were paid to his institution; and his institution is currently negotiating a consultancy …

Cough augmentation with mechanical insufflation/exsufflation in patients with neuromuscular weakness

…, E Ross, N Hart, AH Nickol, MI Polkey… - European …, 2003 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Adults and children with neuromuscular disease exhibit weak cough and are susceptible to
recurrent chest infections, a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Mechanical insufflation/…

[PDF][PDF] Guidelines for the diagnosis, investigation and management of polycythaemia/erythrocytosis

…, C Harrison, B Hunt, D Oscier, MI Polkey… - British journal of …, 2005 - academia.edu
… Oscier,5 MI Polkey,6 JT Reilly,7 E. Rosenthal,8 Kate Ryan,9 TC Pearson4 and Bridget
Wilkins10 On behalf of the General Haematology Task Force of the British Committee for …