Quadriceps strength predicts mortality in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is poorly predicted by indices of air flow obstruction, because other factors that reflect the systemic nature of the disease also influence prognosis. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that a reduction in quadriceps maximal volun...

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Hlavní autoři: Swallow, Elisabeth B, Reyes, Diana, Hopkinson, Nicholas S, Man, William D‐C, Porcher, Raphaël, Cetti, Edward J, Moore, Alastair J, Moxham, John, Polkey, Michael I
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: BMJ Group 2007
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2111256/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17090575
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thx.2006.062026
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