The product of trunk muscle area and density on the CT image is a good indicator of energy expenditure in patients with or at risk for COPD

BACKGROUND: Physical inactivity due to cachexia and muscle wasting is well recognized as a sign of poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there have been no reports on the relationship between trunk muscle measurements and energy expenditure parameters, such as the...

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Published in:Respir Res
Main Authors: Shirahata, Toru, Sato, Hideaki, Yogi, Sanehiro, Inoue, Kaiji, Niitsu, Mamoru, Akagami, Tomoe, Soma, Machika, Mio, Tomohiko, Nagata, Makoto, Nakae, Satoshi, Nishida, Yuki, Tanaka, Shigeho, Katsukawa, Fuminori, Nakamura, Hidetoshi
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7811265/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33451329
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01621-2
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