Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on peripheral muscle fibre characteristics in COPD patients with gold stages II to IV

I. Vogiatzis, G. Stratakos, G. Terzis, D. Simoes, D. Athanasopoulos, E. Cherouvim, E. Kourepini, I. Tsiokou, S. Zakynthinos, C. Roussos (Athens, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Emerging physiology behind pulmonary rehabilitation
Session: Emerging physiology behind pulmonary rehabilitation
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3077
Disease area: Airway diseases

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