Sarcopenia in COPD

Affiliations

¹ Chair of Geriatrics, Unit of Respiratory Pathophysiology, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Gérontopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (UMR1027), Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

Comment

Simone Scarlata et al. Thorax. 2015 Jul.

. 2015 Jul;70(7):693-4.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206929. Epub 2015 Mar 24.

¹ Chair of Geriatrics, Unit of Respiratory Pathophysiology, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Gérontopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (UMR1027), Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: COPD Pathology; Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Respiratory Muscles.

Comment on

Sarcopenia in COPD: prevalence, clinical correlates and response to pulmonary rehabilitation.
Jones SE, Maddocks M, Kon SS, Canavan JL, Nolan CM, Clark AL, Polkey MI, Man WD. Jones SE, et al. Thorax. 2015 Mar;70(3):213-8. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206440. Epub 2015 Jan 5. Thorax. 2015. PMID: 25561517
Sarcopenia definitions: where to draw the line? Response to Scarlata et al.
Maddocks M, Jones SE, Kon SS, Canavan JL, Nolan CM, Clark AL, Polkey MI, Man WD. Maddocks M, et al. Thorax. 2015 Jul;70(7):694. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207041. Epub 2015 Apr 8. Thorax. 2015. PMID: 25855609 No abstract available.