Felipe V. C. Machado

Are you treating people with COPD and/or designing exercise intervention protocols for this population? How do you adapt training when clinically relevant comorbidities are present? 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.100… @SportsMedicineJ @pulmonary_rehab @fritsfranssen @hansen_phd

Our latest PR Assembly journal club webinar is now available on our YouTube channel youtu.be/d0qmDI_ce1o Presented by Felipe Machado

🚨 Just out 🚨: Measurement Properties of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale in Individuals with Asthma 🤩 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40957615/ Reliability ✅ Validity ✅ No ceiling or floor effects ✅ The PSFS is useful tool for assessing activity limitations in asthma @ufcinforma

Theoretical framework illustrating the potential impact of body composition on COPD exacerbation risk; from our latest editorial in @RespirologyAPSR @Machado_FVC doi.org/10.1111/resp.7…

Over 1 billion people live with #obesity. There is an urgent need for a universal definition & diagnosis. 🆕 A @TheLancetEndo Commission introduces a new model with categories: clinical obesity (an illness) & pre-clinical obesity. This reframing identifies medically meaningful targets for prevention & treatment. Find out more ➡️ hubs.li/Q030v_j_0

SAFE THE DATE!! 🚨🚨 First webinar of the year: Breathlessness in Internal Diseases! 🫁 📅 12th of February, 2025, 6.00-7.15 PM Keep an eye open for our 2 speakers 👀 Registration: forms.gle/zW1sQAW6dXnJgD…

Excited to share that I'll be presenting on body composition in chronic respiratory diseases, a key focus of my PhD, at the upcoming workshop by the Division of Lung Diseases at @nih_nhlbi. Don't miss out—registrations are now open! nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2024/ad…

Although vitamin D insufficiency is more prevalent in COPD patients than controls, vitamin D status is not related to body composition or changes in body weight and composition over time. doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S…

Simple but precise equations (without needing gas exchange analysis) to predict the ventilatory thresholds developed/validated in 2868 patients with #cardiovascular/metabolic disease (for personalized #exercise prescription) 👇 academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance… @REVALResearch @escardio

Which cut-off values for the SARC-F are optimal for detecting sarcopenia in older patients with cardiovascular disease? Dive into our insights and considerations for effective screening and management. academic.oup.com/eurjcn/article… @hansen_phd @DrCarlaPrado @EditorEJCN

Our state-of-the-art open access review on cardiovascular disease and risk in COPD is now on line… tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Teamwork makes the dream work... 💪 Preparing our upcoming symposium on the 26th of April in Hasselt. See you there?🧐 Stay tuned for more info #FIRRI2024#rehab 🎉

🗓️SAVE THE DATE 🗓️ Annual FIRRI Symposium 📢Theme: “May the power be with them: empowering patients before, during and after rehabilitation!” 📍 Jessa Ziekenhuis-Hasselt 🗓️ Friday, April 26, 2024 Stay tuned for more details on the program! Happy Holidays!🎅 🎉#FIRRI2024 #rehab

🚨 Is this THE most important screening you aren't doing? 🦴🧐 #NEW BJSM Blog: Sarcopenia and the SARC-F What is the importance of this screening tool, particularly in primary care? And significance of resistance exercise in management? READ MORE ➡️ bit.ly/3U7f41z

#EJCN #Fridaysread 🏃What motivates heart transplant patients to exercise and be physical active?🫀 The authors used a #networkanalysis to investigate this perspective. Read more about, what they found ⬇️ doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn… @Machado_FVC @LeonieKlompstra

No better way to kick off 2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣ than moving into our new research/education building & getting together for the first CRI team discussion in a brand-new meeting room🤩 The best is yet to come! #newbeginnings #motivation #wheresciencemovesyou @Fac_Revalidatie @REVALResearch

Would you like to know more about how to combine exercise training and nutritional/pharmacological treatments to enhance exercise capacity and body composition in patients with COPD? mdpi.com/2605058

'just #walk a bit more' = clinically ineffective in patients with #heart failure Hence, #exercise prescription in cardiovascular disease requires much more precision and personalization... An excellent study from the WATCHFUL researchers 👇 ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

An important step in the right direction💪 Congrats to all authors! 👏 Further, happy to see fatigue is recognised as a core outcome in patients with COPD! 🤩 For those searching for a tool to assess fatigue check 👉 thoracic.org/members/assemb…

Warm welcome to our new #BMCPulmMed Editorial Board Members @NicolasPiton76 and @Machado_FVC. We are looking forward to working with you. Interested in joining #BMCPulmMed? To find out more visit <bmcpulmmed.biomedcentral.com/join-the-edito…>