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Dr Matthew Armstrong's Outputs (14)

Personalised Health Behaviour Support Programme in Adults With Post‐COVID Syndrome: A Randomised, Controlled Pilot Feasibility Trial (2024)
Journal Article
Armstrong, M., Owen, R., Van Niekerk, K. S., & Saynor, Z. L. (2024). Personalised Health Behaviour Support Programme in Adults With Post‐COVID Syndrome: A Randomised, Controlled Pilot Feasibility Trial. Health Expectations, 27(5), Article e70079. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70079

Background: We investigated whether a novel 8‐week personalised health behaviour support programme, focusing on the stability of symptoms and strategies to improve activities of daily living, was feasible and acceptable in adults with post‐COVID synd... Read More about Personalised Health Behaviour Support Programme in Adults With Post‐COVID Syndrome: A Randomised, Controlled Pilot Feasibility Trial.

Topographical Distribution of Neuroanatomical Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Invasion: A Systematic Literature Review (2023)
Journal Article
Kiyak, C., Ijezie, O. A., Ackah, J. A., Armstrong, M., Cowen, J., Cetinkaya, D., Burianová, H., & Akudjedu, T. N. (2024). Topographical Distribution of Neuroanatomical Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Invasion: A Systematic Literature Review. Clinical Neuroradiology, 34(1), 13-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-023-01344-5

Purpose
This systematic review is aimed at synthesising the literature base to date on the frequency and topographical distribution of neuroanatomical changes seen on imaging following COVID-19 invasion with a focus on both the acute and chronic pha... Read More about Topographical Distribution of Neuroanatomical Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Invasion: A Systematic Literature Review.

Cognitive behavioural therapy combined with physical activity behavioural modification strategies during pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD (2023)
Journal Article
Armstrong, M., Hume, E., McNeillie, L., Chambers, F., Wakenshaw, L., Burns, G., Heslop Marshall, K., & Vogiatzis, I. (2023). Cognitive behavioural therapy combined with physical activity behavioural modification strategies during pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD. ERJ Open Research, 9(5), Article 00074-2023. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00074-2023

Introduction Patients with COPD who exhibit elevated levels of anxiety and/or depression are typically less able to improve symptoms and physical activity levels following a programme of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). The objective of the present stu... Read More about Cognitive behavioural therapy combined with physical activity behavioural modification strategies during pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.

European Respiratory Society International Congress 2021: Highlights from the Respiratory clinical care and physiology assembly (2022)
Journal Article
Gille, T., Sivapalan, P., Kaltsakas, G., Kolekar, S. B., Armstrong, M., Tuffnell, R., Evans, R. A., Vagheggini, G., Degani-Costa, L. H., Vicente, C., Das, N., Poberezhets, V., Rolland-Debord, C., Bayat, S., Vogiatzis, I., Franssen, F. M. E., Pinnock, H., & Vanfleteren, L. E. (2022). European Respiratory Society International Congress 2021: Highlights from the Respiratory clinical care and physiology assembly. ERJ Open Research, 8(2), Article 00710-2021. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00710-2021

It is a challenge to keep abreast of all the clinical and scientific advances in the field of respiratory medicine. This article contains an overview of laboratory-based science, randomised controlled trials and qualitative research that were present... Read More about European Respiratory Society International Congress 2021: Highlights from the Respiratory clinical care and physiology assembly.

Behavioural modification interventions alongside pulmonary rehabilitation improve COPD patients’ experiences of physical activity (2021)
Journal Article
Armstrong, M., Hume, E., McNeillie, L., Chambers, F., Wakenshaw, L., Burns, G., Marshall, K. H., & Vogiatzis, I. (2021). Behavioural modification interventions alongside pulmonary rehabilitation improve COPD patients’ experiences of physical activity. Respiratory Medicine, 180, Article 106353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106353

Aims and objectives
The Clinical PROactive Physical Activity in COPD (C-PPAC) instrument, combines a questionnaire assessing the domains of amount and difficulty of physical activity (PA) with activity monitor data (steps/day and vector magnitude un... Read More about Behavioural modification interventions alongside pulmonary rehabilitation improve COPD patients’ experiences of physical activity.

Effect of interval compared to continuous exercise training on physiological responses in patients with chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Alexiou, C., Ward, L., Hume, E., Armstrong, M., Wilkinson, M., & Vogiatzis, I. (2021). Effect of interval compared to continuous exercise training on physiological responses in patients with chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 18, https://doi.org/10.1177/14799731211041506

Current evidence suggests that interval exercise training (IET) and continuous exercise training (CET) produce comparable benefits in exercise capacity, cardiorespiratory fitness and symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CO... Read More about Effect of interval compared to continuous exercise training on physiological responses in patients with chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Inspiratory muscle training for improving inspiratory muscle strength and functional capacity in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Manifield, J., Winnard, A., Hume, E., Armstrong, M., Baker, K., Adams, N., Vogiatzis, I., & Barry, G. (2021). Inspiratory muscle training for improving inspiratory muscle strength and functional capacity in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 50(3), 716-724. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa221

Background
The ageing process can result in the decrease of respiratory muscle strength and consequently increased work of breathing and associated breathlessness during activities of daily living in older adults.

Objective
This systematic revie... Read More about Inspiratory muscle training for improving inspiratory muscle strength and functional capacity in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Effect of portable non-invasive ventilation on exercise tolerance in COPD: One size does not fit all (2020)
Journal Article
Chynkiamis, N., Armstrong, M., Hume, E., Alexiou, C., Snow, L., Lane, N. D., Hartley, T., Bourke, S. C., & Vogiatzis, I. (2020). Effect of portable non-invasive ventilation on exercise tolerance in COPD: One size does not fit all. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 277, Article 103436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2020.103436

In a cross-over RCT, portable NIV (pNIV) reduced dynamic hyperinflation (DH) compared to pursed lip breathing (PLB) during recovery from intermittent exercise in COPD, but not consistently in all subjects. In this post-hoc analysis, DH response was d... Read More about Effect of portable non-invasive ventilation on exercise tolerance in COPD: One size does not fit all.

Use of pedometers as a tool to promote daily physical activity levels in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Armstrong, M., Winnard, A., Chynkiamis, N., Boyle, S., Burtin, C., & Vogiatzis, I. (2019). Use of pedometers as a tool to promote daily physical activity levels in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Respiratory Review, 28(154), Article 190039. https://doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0039-2019

The aim of this study was to examine the use of pedometers as a tool to promote daily physical activity levels in patients with COPD.

A systematic review meta-analysis of pedometer physical activity promotion in patients with COPD was conducted. M... Read More about Use of pedometers as a tool to promote daily physical activity levels in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Personalized exercise training in chronic lung diseases (2019)
Journal Article
Armstrong, M., & Vogiatzis, I. (2019). Personalized exercise training in chronic lung diseases. Respirology, 24(9), 854-862. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13639

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are characterized by exertional dyspnoea, exercise limitation and reduced health-related quality of life (QoL). Exercise training is essential for improving symptoms, physical function and QoL. Current research avai... Read More about Personalized exercise training in chronic lung diseases.

Hemodynamic effects of portable non-invasive ventilation in healthy men (2019)
Journal Article
Chynkiamis, N., Armstrong, M., Manifield, J., Hume, E., Reilly, C., Aliverti, A., O'Doherty, A. F., & Vogiatzis, I. (2019). Hemodynamic effects of portable non-invasive ventilation in healthy men. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 268, Article 103248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2019.06.005

VitaBreath is a portable, non-invasive ventilation device (pNIV) that relieves shortness of breath in COPD by delivering fixed inspiratory and expiratory positive airway pressures (IPAP/EPAP: 18/8 cmH2O). Fixed pressures may cause circulatory comprom... Read More about Hemodynamic effects of portable non-invasive ventilation in healthy men.