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Wim Janssens

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Open access Oct 2026

Exploring maximality criteria of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in healthy subjects and patients with chronic respiratory disease: a practical clinical framework.

BACKGROUND Incremental cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is used to assess exercise capacity and identify mechanisms of exercise limitation. Identification of test maximality is essential for correct interpretation, yet no consensus exists on the defining criteria. This study evaluated the performance of differen...

M. Staes, I. Gyselinck, Maud Lormans et al. · Respiration; international r... · 0 citations

Open access Aug 2026

The relation between physical activity and cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Strengthening the amount of physical activity showed a weak relation with lowering resting heart rate over 6 months in patients not taking influencing medication, while decreasing the amount of physical activity showed a weak relation with lowering resting heart rate.

F. Hermans, E. Arents, A. Blondeel et al. · PLoS ONE · 0 citations

Open access Jul 2026

Longitudinal associations of physical activity with disease burden in people with COPD

Within-person decline in physical activity is associated with lower lung function, reduced exercise capacity, increased fatigue symptoms and lower functional quadriceps strength.

Paulien Mellaerts, H. Demeyer, C. Becker et al. · ERJ Open Research · 0 citations