Histochemical and morphological characteristics of the vastus lateralis muscle in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1467-1474

  Whittom, François ^b   Jobin, Jean ^b   Simard, Pierre Michel ^b   Leblanc, Pierre ^b   Simard, Clermont ^b   Bernard, Sarah ^b   Belleau, Roger ^b   Maltais, François ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exercise; Lung disease; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LACTATES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 0031685110     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199810000-00001     Document Type: Article

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