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.