Preservation of eccentric torque of the knee extensors and flexors in patients with COPD

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 411-416

  Mathur, Sunita ^a,c   MacIntyre, Donna L ^a,b   Forster, Bruce B ^a   Road, Jeremy D ^a   Levy, Robert D ^d   Reid, W Darlene ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d British Columbia Transplant Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lung diseases obstructive; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle skeletal; Muscle weakness; Muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE EXTENSOR MUSCLE; KNEE FLEXOR MUSCLE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TORQUE;

EID: 38149037276     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCR.0000300271.45881.99     Document Type: Article

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