title: Assessing quadriceps muscle strength as a tool to determine the approach to and prognosis in COPD patients.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BR.
authors.forename: Luciana Dias
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Chiavegato
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000503:physiopathology*