Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 237-245, February 2010

Muscle training with repetitive magnetic stimulation of the quadriceps in severe COPD patients☆

  • Víctor Bustamante

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology Department, Hospital de Basurto, Osakidetza, C/Dr. Montevideo 18, E-48013 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain
    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of the Basque Country, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de Basurto, Osakidetza, c/Montevideo 18, E-48013 Bilbao, Spain. Tel.: +34 94 400 6510; fax: +34 94 400 6209.
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  • Elena López de Santa María

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology, Hospital de Cruces, Plaza de Cruces s/n, 48903 Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain
    • ,
  • Amaia Gorostiza

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation, Hospital de Cruces, Plaza de Cruces s/n, 48903 Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain
    • ,
  • Unai Jiménez

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic Surgery, Hospital de Cruces, Plaza de Cruces s/n, 48903 Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain
    • ,
  • Juan B. Gáldiz

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology, Hospital de Cruces, Plaza de Cruces s/n, 48903 Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain
    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Received 11 February 2009; accepted 2 October 2009. published online 06 November 2009.

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☆ Project funded by an SEPAR 2004 grant and the ENIGMA project. (European Network for Investigating the Global Mechanisms of Muscle Abnormalities in COPD, European Union Grant).

PII: S0954-6111(09)00322-9

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.10.001

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 237-245, February 2010

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