Locomotor Muscles in COPD: The Rationale for Rehabilitative Exercise Training

Exercise training as part of pulmonary rehabilitation is arguably the most effective intervention to improve tolerance to physical exertion in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Owing to the fact that exercise training has modest effects on exertional ventilation, operating...

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Main Authors: Mathieu Marillier, Anne-Catherine Bernard, Samuel Vergès, J. Alberto Neder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.01590/full