Evidence has been accumulating that chronic inactivity leading to muscle disuse is unlikely
to be the only explanation for the peripheral muscle dysfunction of chronic obstructive …

… This rise has been reported to be less than 0.6C during a 12-minute incremental exercise
test.[18,35,36] The systematic error in PaO 2 measurement caused by this failure to correct for …

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of aerobic and mental training on cognitive
function and to determine if the association of the two techniques shows better results. Thirty-…

We propose an innovative, integrated, cost-effective health system to combat major non-communicable
diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular, chronic respiratory, metabolic, …

The influence of specific training on benefits from caffeine (Caf) ingestion was examined during
a sprint test in a group of highly trained swimmers (T) and compared with the response of …

Exercise-induced muscle oxidative stress may be involved in the myopathy associated with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study was designed to look at whether …

Study objective The aims of this work were to determine (1) whether patients with COPD
have impaired skeletal muscle performance (ie, maximal strength and endurance) compared …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of active recovery (AR) on plasma
lactate concentration [La] and anaerobic power output as measured during repeated bouts of …

Study objectives: Some respiratory patients exhibit oxygen desaturation during rehabilitative
walking but not during maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). We evaluated …

… The tubes were put immediateJy into ice, and centrifuged for 10 mm at 4 C. Plasma samples
were kept at —80 C until the time of analysis, which was conducted using an adaptation of …