Exercise strategies for chronic respiratory disease

Symposium
Chairs: T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), M. Morgan (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Aims: The aims of this session are to:
- understand the changes that occur within the peripheral muscle with increasing age and chronic respiratory disease;
- understand the basis for resistance exercise and what options are available to assess strength.

Rationale for endurance training: is the interval training the answer? I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
Voluntary and involuntary strength training regimes M. Sillen (Horn, Netherlands)
Maintaining strength on the intensive therapy unit N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)