Annual Congress Stockholm 2002

Saturday, 14.09.2002
Sunday, 15.09.2002
Monday, 16.09.2002
Tuesday, 17.09.2002
Wednesday, 18.09.2002

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, abstract number.


Material from 2002:
  • 3388  Abstracts
  • 6 Slide presentations
  • 5 Handouts
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Respiratory and skeletal muscle

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Role of pharynx muscles in load compensatory responses
N. P. Aleksandrova (St.-Petersburg, Russia)
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Effects of IL-6 administration on rat diaphragm and peripheral muscles
G. N. Gayan-Ramirez, K. van Kuyck, V. Reynders, R. Dom, R. Gosselink, M. L. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium)
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Clenbuterol antagonize the effect of chronic administration of steroid respiratory muscle in mice
B. Polla, M. A. Pellegrino, G. D Antona, G. Ferretti, C. Reggiani (Alessandria, Pavia, Padova, Italy)
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Oligonucleotide array analysis (DNA-chip) of gene expression in skeletal muscle of COPD
X. Busquets, N. MacFarlane, P. Gari, M. Morla, S. Jaume, A. G. N. Alvar (Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Cytokine expression in the external intercostal muscle of subjects with normal lung function
C. Coronell, A. Ramirez-Sarmiento, J. Martinez-Llorens, E. Barreiro, M. Orozco-Levi, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
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Heterogeneity of diaphragmatic remodelling in COPD patients: changes in different structural and metabolic components involved in the aerobic capacity of the muscle
M. L. Blanco, J. Gea, M. Pastó, M. Orozco-Levi, J. Minguella, J. Broquetas (Barcelona, Spain)
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Peculiarities of respiratory muscles morphological changes by spontaneous pneumothorax and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
I. S. Platonova, B. G. Lisochkin (St.Petersburg, Russia)
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Peripheral muscle atrophy in patients with cronic obstructive pulmonary disease
I. Akçayir Sahin, S. Erginel, T. Kaya, O. elbek, M. Metintas (Eskisehir, Turkey)
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Increased TNFα production in whole blood is associated with disease severity in COPD
N. S. Hopkinson, S. Genth-Zotz, A. Krack, S. D. Anker, M. I. Polkey (London, United Kingdom)
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Quadriceps strength is not related to inspiratory muscle strength in patients with COPD
N. S. Hopkinson, A. H. Nickol, E. Ross, M. Dayer, J. Moxham, M. I. Polkey (London, United Kingdom)
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Peripheral skeletal muscles in COPD patients: correlation with pulmonary function and quality of life
M. M. de Oca, S. Torres, Y. González, N. Hernandez, E. Romero, C. Tálamo (Caracas, ; , Mexico)
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The limitations of sniff nasal pressure as a measure of inspiratory muscle strength in patients with severe neuromuscular weakness
N. Hart, M. I. Polkey, B. Fauroux, J. C. Raphael, F. Lofaso (London, United Kingdom; Garches, Paris, France)
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Changes in breathing pattern induced by imagination of a rowing competition
P. Calabrese, L. Messonnier, E. Bijaoui, A. Eberhard, G. Benchetrit (La Tronche, Le Bourget du Lac, Grenoble, France)
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Interaction between postural and respiratory activities of human triangularis sterni muscles
C. Kobayashi, S. Namai, M. Yokoba, M. Katagiri, T. Abe (Sagamihara, Japan)
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Peak- and plateau maximal inspiratory mouth pressures in healthy subjects at different lung volumes
W. Windisch, E. Hennings, S. Sorichter, H. Matthys, H. Hamm (Freiburg, Westerland/Sylt, Germany)
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Effect of ageing on respiratory muscle endurance
D. Nikoletou, N. Hart, S. H. D. Jackson, M. I. Polkey, J. Moxham (London, United Kingdom)
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Density of elastic fibers in the skin and COPD
E. Monso, M. Just, M. Ribera, C. Ferrandiz, J. Morera (Badalona, Spain)
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Effects of CPAP treatment on muscle strength in OSAS and OS patients
A. Nowinski, P. Bielen, R. Plywaczewski, J. Zielinski, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Factors predicting nocturnal hypoxemia in severe COPD with and without nutritional depletion
J. A. Verbraecken, H. J. Pennings, C. Vander Grinten, E. F. M. Wouters (Belgium; Horn, The Netherlands)
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Chest expansion as a determinant of pulmonary muscle strength in primary fibromyalgia
G. Sahin, B. Ulubas, M. Calikoglu, O. B. Cimen, C. Erdogan (Mersin, Turkey)
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