Maximal exercise in obese patients with COPD: the role of fat free mass

BACKGROUND: Obese patients (OB) with COPD may better tolerate exercise as compared to normal weight (NW) COPD patients, even if the reason for this is not yet fully understood. We investigated the interactions between obesity, lung hyperinflation, fat-free mass (FFM) and exercise capacity in COPD. M...

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Autores principales: Aiello, Marina, Teopompi, Elisabetta, Tzani, Panagiota, Ramponi, Sara, Gioia, Maria Rosaria, Marangio, Emilio, Chetta, Alfredo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-96

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-96

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