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- Title
Quadriceps weakness contributes to exercise capacity in nonspecific interstitial pneumonia.
- Authors
Watanabe, Fumiko; Taniguchi, Hiroyuki; Sakamoto, Koji; Kondoh, Yasuhiro; Kimura, Tomoki; Kataoka, Kensuke; Ogawa, Tomoya; Arizono, Shinichi; Nishiyama, Osamu; Hasegawa, Yoshinori
- Abstract
It has been shown that peripheral muscle dysfunction is a critical factor in determining exercise intolerance in patients with several chronic lung diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. We hypothesized that exercise capacity would be, at least in part, determined by peripheral muscle dysfunction in patients with fibrotic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (f-NSIP), another major subtype of fibrotic interstitial lung disease. The aim of the current study was to elucidate the relevance of peripheral muscle dysfunction and its contribution to exercise intolerance in f-NSIP.
- Publication
Respiratory medicine, 2013, Vol 107, Issue 4, p622
- ISSN
1532-3064
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.rmed.2012.12.013