Skeletal muscle structure and function in response to electrical stimulation in moderately impaired COPD patients

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1236-1243

  Dal Corso, Simone ^a   Nápolis, Lara ^a   Malaguti, Carla ^a   Gimenes, Ana Cristina ^a   Albuquerque, André ^a   Nogueira, Cristiano Rabelo ^a   De Fuccio, Marcelo Bicalho ^a   Pereira, Roberto D B ^b   Bulle, Acari ^b   McFarlane, Niall ^c   Nery, Luiz E ^a   Neder, J Alberto ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Electrical stimulation; Rehabilitation; Skeletal muscle; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETRY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247553777     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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