Background: Limb muscle dysfunction is prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and it has important clinical implications, such as reduced exercise tolerance …

Background: Heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are
the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Although individuals with these …

Background Falls and chronic disease are both important health issues in older adults. The
objectives of this study were to quantify the prevalence of falls and multi-morbidity (≥ 2 …

Background The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and Mini-BESTest are clinical
examinations of balance impairment, but the tests are lengthy and the Mini-BESTest is …

Objectives To assess the reliability, validity, and ability to identify fall status of the Balance
Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest), Mini-BESTest, and Brief-BESTest, compared with the …

Abstract Background The Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Balance Evaluation Systems Test
(BESTest), Mini-BESTest, and Brief-BESTest are useful in the assessment of balance. Their …

Introduction Balance deficits are identified as important risk factors for falling in individuals
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the specific use of …

Introduction: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is one of the core components in the
management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In order to …

Prevalence of fear of falling and associated factors among J... : Medicine Prevalence of fear of
falling and associated factors among Japanese community-dwelling older adults : Medicine …

Nutritional abnormalities are frequent in different chronic respiratory diseases such as
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis (CF) …