🎓Congratulations Sofie Breuls on the successful defense of your #PhD ‘Physical activity and coaching in patients with chronic respiratory diseases'. Supervised by Prof Thierry Thierry Troosters, Prof Heleen Heleen Demeyer and Prof Wim Janssens Sofie Breuls #KULeuven

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Even in laboratory settings, people with COPD walk slower than healthy controls, which could increase their risk of falling! Big shout-out to Laura Delgado O.!! JudithGarciaAymerich Mobilise-D ERS publications ERS Early-Career Members

Last friday I presented my work: "associations bewteen parental and child #physicalactivity behaviour in youth with #CysticFibrosis" and I am proud to have won the “Audience award” at the 2024 congress of FIRRI

Such a pleasure to be part of this team!

Give it up for our symposium winners 🎉 Paulien Mellaerts -best presentation award Manon Kinaupenne - audience award Fien Hermans - best poster award FIRRI

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Today we’re enjoying teaching in NPi course in #Papendal (NL) on #exercise training and #PhysicalActivity coaching in #LungDisease. Nice/inspiring to work with so many colleagues across lines of health care. Heleen Demeyer (lecturing) Frans Lanting

The faculty is getting ready for the virtual #PulmonaryRehabilitation course of ERS . Looking forward to it! Now behind the screen and during the #ERScongress in real life.

The “Step” team celebrated this RCT showing prolonged #PhysicalActivity ⬆️ after #PulmonaryRehab possible, but not sufficient to maintain training benefits. Great to have ⁦Rodrigues FM⁩ & ⁦Matthias Loeckx⁩ in Leuven with ⁦Astrid Blondeel⁩ ⁦Heleen Demeyer⁩.

⚠️Pub alert This study shows lower #physicalactivity levels and functional performance for youth with #CysticFibrosis, indicating the urgent need for interventions promoting PA in this population. 👉full text: authors.elsevier.com/c/1jaBX3P3QuyT…

For those of you attending the #ERSCongress, join us for the Science Slam on 10 September at 15:45 CEST. This exciting session will feature research presentations from 4 scientists, specifically tailored for non-specialist audiences. Bookmark the session: live.ersnet.org/programme/sess…

Huge congress… but small groups of enthusiastic delegates and speakers interact in the ⁦ERS⁩ workshop on #PulmonaryRehab in Vienna. #ERScongress2024 ⁦Prof. Ioannis Vogiatzis⁩ ⁦Frits Franssen⁩ ⁦Heleen Demeyer⁩ ⁦ERS_Assembly9⁩ ⁦ERS_physios⁩

Had a great day teaching during the ERS pulmonary rehabilitation academy! Elena Gimeno-Santos Joana Cruz Fabio Pitta Prof. Ioannis Vogiatzis Frits Franssen.

First results of a primary care #physiotherapy exercise training programs after acute exacerbations of #COPD presented by ⁦Marieke Wuyts⁩ in #ERScongress. Promising first results to rebuild muscle function after severe exacerbations. ⁦Fien Hermans⁩

#ERS2024 #respisbest 🌟 quick skip to catch Heleen Demeyer comparing ATS vs. BTS #pulmrehab guidelines on telerehab 🌟 balanced view and patient choice a major factor👍 🌟 reaching an audience that might not usually attend rehab sessions so really pleased😊 Prof. Ioannis Vogiatzis 👏

Interesting discussion after the comparison of two guidelines on #PulmonaryRehab (⁦American Thoracic Society (ATS)⁩ & BTS) on the place of telerehab (or hybrid rehab) for COPD. Well done ⁦Heleen Demeyer⁩ ⁦ERS⁩ ⁦ERS Early-Career Members⁩ ⁦KU Leuven PhysioTher⁩

Such a great experience to present during the “Clinical challenges beyond guidelines” session. Many thanks for the invitation!

ERS Early Career Members Committee Chair, Sara Cuevas Ocaña explains more about this year’s ‘Meet your early career representative’ sessions in the #ERSCongress 2024 World Village 🎥 View more details: ersnet.org/congress-and-e… ERS Early-Career Members Thomas GILLE (MD, PhD) 🫁