title: Resistance training preserves skeletal muscle function in patients with COPD who are hospitalised with an acute exacerbation.
authors.affiliation: Institut Universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie, de Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saey
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055070:Resistance Training / Q000379:methods*