Musculoskeletal Disorders in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Figure 2

Cross-sectional area as well as muscle force of thigh muscle was reduced in patients with COPD (b) compared to normal subject (a). Reprinted with permission of the American Thoracic Society. Copyright © 2014 American Thoracic Society, official journal of the American Thoracic Society [17].

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