Bronchodilation improves endurance but not muscular efficiency in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

We hypothesized that bronchodilator treatment not only improves hyperinflation and endurance capacity but also muscular efficiency in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We aimed to demonstrate that tiotropium and salmeterol improve muscular efficiency compared with placebo. Twenty-...

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Autores principales: van der Vaart, Hester, Postma, Dirkje S, Grevink, René, Roemer, Willem, ten Hacken, Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21660300
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S17482

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21660300
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S17482

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