Effectiveness of exercise training in patients with COPD: the role of muscle fatigue

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Burtin C., Saey D., Saglam M., Langer D., Gosselink R., Janssens W., ...More

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, vol.40, no.2, pp.338-344, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1183/09031936.00111811
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.338-344
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The improvement in exercise performance in response to exercise training varies greatly from one patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to another. It is possible that in a portion of patients the muscle stimulus applied during exercise training is insufficient to elicit training effects. We investigated whether patients presenting quadriceps contractile fatigue after training have more favourable effects of a rehabilitation programme.