[Maximal isometric voluntary quadriceps strength assessment in COPD]

Rev Mal Respir. 2014 Oct;31(8):765-70. doi: 10.1016/j.rmr.2013.10.645. Epub 2014 Feb 16.
[Article in French]
No abstract available

Keywords: BPCO; COPD; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Faiblesse musculaire; Force musculaire; Muscle quadriceps; Muscle strength; Muscle weakness; Quadriceps muscle.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Exercise Test* / instrumentation
  • Exercise Test* / methods
  • Exercise Tolerance
  • Humans
  • Isometric Contraction*
  • Muscle Strength*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology*
  • Quadriceps Muscle / physiopathology*