International Congress Barcelona 2013

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New insights into the mechanisms of muscle dysfunction in COPD

Symposium
Chairs: I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece), J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
Aims: The aims of the symposium are: to update the understanding of different mechanisms recently proposed as relevant contributors to muscle dysfunction in COPD; and to provide a view on the novel therapeutic approaches suggested by recent advances in the knowledge of pathways and phenomena involved in muscle dysfunction.

Nutritional interventions and rehabilitation programmes in COPD: what is new? R. Casaburi (Los Angeles, United States of America)
Vitamin D and muscle mass and function: potential therapeutic implications N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom)