The major limitation to exercise performance in COPD is inadequate energy supply to the respiratory and locomotor muscles vs. lower limb muscle dysfunction vs. dynamic hyperinflation. Defining 'dynamic hyperinflation'
J Appl Physiol (1985)
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2008 Aug;105(2):758.
doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.zdg-8100.pcpcomm.2008.
Author
John B West
1
Affiliation
1
School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
PMID:
18678628
DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.zdg-8100.pcpcomm.2008
No abstract available
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Exercise Tolerance / physiology*
Humans
Oxygen Consumption / physiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology*
Respiratory Mechanics / physiology