Sarcopenia in COPD

Thorax. 2015 Jul;70(7):693-4. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206929. Epub 2015 Mar 24.

Authors

Simone Scarlata¹, Matteo Cesari², Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi¹

Affiliations

¹ Chair of Geriatrics, Unit of Respiratory Pathophysiology, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Gérontopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (UMR1027), Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

PMID: 25805207
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206929

No abstract available

Keywords: COPD Pathology; Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Respiratory Muscles.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / rehabilitation*
Quadriceps Muscle / physiopathology*
Sarcopenia / epidemiology*
Sarcopenia / rehabilitation*